{"id":213705,"date":"2020-09-18T07:01:31","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T07:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=213705"},"modified":"2020-09-21T07:09:41","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T07:09:41","slug":"new-report-hunger-and-food-insecurity-are-ravaging-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=213705","title":{"rendered":"New Report: Hunger and Food Insecurity Are Ravaging America"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eric Striker \u2013 The Unz Review Sept 17, 2020<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/h1>\n
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People wait to receive a food bank donation at the Barclays Center in New York. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n

A new study<\/strong><\/span><\/a> by Northwestern University found that 29 million Americans, 11%, sometimes or often cannot afford to eat. This is a drastic rise from 2018, where only 8 million reported hunger.<\/span><\/p>\n

The culprits cited are the high unemployment rate, COVID-19 school lock downs that prevent children from getting their subsidized means, and the inadequacy of the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP).<\/span><\/p>\n

The increase in food insecurity has been hit the lower middle class the hardest. 12% of families in the $35,000-$50,000 income range year are now reporting that they do not have enough to eat.<\/span><\/p>\n

The report awkwardly shoehorns critical race theory language in some sections, emphasizing that blacks are somewhat overrepresented among the hungry (22% vs 13.4% of the general population), but the plurality (42%) of Americans suffering from food crisis are white.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lack of food tends to impact children disproportionately and white children are already less than 50% of the population under 15<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. 86%<\/strong><\/span><\/a> of the counties facing the worst hunger problems are rural.<\/span><\/p>\n

The precarious economic situation of working and middle class Americans means that 46 million people relied on food banks before<\/em> the pandemic. The current number of people in this situation is unknown, but it is certainly much higher and public food pantries are becoming overwhelmed.<\/span><\/p>\n

As millions struggle to find a meal, farms across the country have been destroying record amounts of fresh food<\/strong><\/span><\/a> due to reduced demand on the market. The shocking practice is meant to prevent a reduction in prices and profits.<\/span><\/p>\n

The sharp decline in civic engagement in America documented by figures like Robert Putnam has also led to increases in demand being met with a struggle to find volunteers<\/a><\/strong><\/span> to move and deliver food to the needy, especially the elderly who are at most risk from COVID-19.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hunger is back.<\/span><\/p>\n

(Republished from National Justice<\/strong><\/span><\/a> by permission of author or representative)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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