Millions more Americans had difficulty securing enough food in 2022 compared to the year prior, including 1 million households with children, interrupting a years-long trend of declining hunger in the U.S., according to a report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture released on Monday.
The USDA report found that 12.8% of households, or 17 million households, struggled to get enough food in 2022, up from 10.2%, or 13.5 million households, in 2021.
Nearly 7 million of those households faced very low food security, meaning members' normal eating patterns were disrupted or food intake dropped because of limited resources, USDA said.Regular surveys by the Census Bureau since the start of the pandemic have also showed rising hunger. More than 27.6 million Americans reported experiencing food scarcity in the most recent survey, conducted between Sept. 20 and Oct. 2, up 9.5% from the start of the year.
"WIC is one of our best lines of defense against nutrition insecurity, and Congress must ensure it remains available for anyone who needs it," said Nell Menefee-Libbey, public policy manager at the National WIC Association. Washington-based award-winning journalist covering agriculture and energy including competition, regulation, federal agencies, corporate consolidation, environment and climate, racial discrimination and labour, previously at the Food and Environment Reporting Network.Antisemitic incidents in the United States rose by about 400% in slightly over two weeks since war broke out in the Middle East after Palestinian Islamist group Hamas attacked Israel on Oct.
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