No Improvement in US Households' Food Security, Says USDA

USDA report says 3.9 million households - or 10% - were unable to provide adequate meals for children, unchanged from 2011

Sep 9, 2013
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says American households with low access to food due to lack of money or other resources has not improved since 2008. To read more, click HERE.

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