Hunger in the United States, as most people understand it, is thankfully rare. According to the most recent Household Food Security in the United States report, approximately 5 percent of US ...

The federal government shutdown is stretching into a second week with no end in sight. As Democrats and Republicans in Congress face a politically charged funding impasse, nutrition experts warn that ...

This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in ...

For some 30 years, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has released an annual report on the number of Americans living with food insecurity. The Trump administration ended that report, calling it ...

When most people think about hunger in America, they picture food drives, canned goods, and charity. The story is usually told in terms of scarcity and shame – who does not have enough, and how others ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the inner workings of the global food industry. While food insecurity is on the rise and millions of Americans are ...

The Missoula Food Bank & Community Center in Montana doubled their food order for the first two weeks of November to help handle a flood of requests and will spend “far and above” more than what they ...

After 30 years of publication, the U.S. Department of Agriculture abruptly canceled its annual report on the prevalence of hunger in America. The USDA’s press release condemned the report as ...

A Second Harvest Heartland volunteer works to pack food for food shelves on Jan. 29, 2024 in Brooklyn Park, Minn. [MUSIC PLAYING] NINA MOINI: The region's largest food bank has a new leader. Sarah ...