Our Horn of Plenty

Feeding America, formerly America's Second Harvest, conducted their fifth study of hunger in America. Results from this study confirm that more and more Americans are seeking emergency food assistance.

Some of the disturbing statistics they compiled:

• There is a 64 percent increase in the number of households with seniors facing very low food security—or hunger.
• More than one-third of client households reported having to choose between food and other basic necessities, such as rent, utilities and medical care.
• The number of children the Feeding America network serves has increased by 50 percent since 2006.

We are STILL one of the wealthiest countries in the world. It is up to US to feed the U. S. because "The curse of poverty has no justification in our age" (MLK, 1967).

Here is a link to the key findings of the Hunger 2010 report: Hunger 2010 Report: Key Findings

[The caption is from the Bill "Whitey" Sanders cartoon exhibit called 'Hunger in America' - courtesy of Western Kentucky University Library.]