The number of Americans who lived in households that struggled to afford
food increased last year even as more participated in government
nutrition-assistance programs, according to the U.S. Department of
Agriculture.
About 50.12 million Americans were “food insecure” at some point during the year, up 2.6 percent from 2010 and second to the record 50.16 million in 2009, the USDA said today in an annual report. A record 46.7 million people received food stamps in June, up 3.3 percent from a year earlier, the USDA reported.
Food-stamp spending, which more than doubled in four years to a record $75.7 billion in the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 2011, is the USDA’s biggest annual expense. The House budget plan approved in April sponsored by Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, the party’s vice-presidential nominee, would cut expenses by $33 billion over 10 years. Federal assistance is a key component of household budgets for the hungry, the USDA said in the report.
Food-insecure families include people whose “access to adequate food is limited by a lack of money and other resources,” according to the report, which didn’t offer an explanation for the increase. Federal programs “increase food security by providing low-income households access to food, a healthful diet, and nutrition education.”
Food Stamps
About 50.12 million Americans were “food insecure” at some point during the year, up 2.6 percent from 2010 and second to the record 50.16 million in 2009, the USDA said today in an annual report. A record 46.7 million people received food stamps in June, up 3.3 percent from a year earlier, the USDA reported.
Food-stamp spending, which more than doubled in four years to a record $75.7 billion in the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 2011, is the USDA’s biggest annual expense. The House budget plan approved in April sponsored by Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, the party’s vice-presidential nominee, would cut expenses by $33 billion over 10 years. Federal assistance is a key component of household budgets for the hungry, the USDA said in the report.
Food-insecure families include people whose “access to adequate food is limited by a lack of money and other resources,” according to the report, which didn’t offer an explanation for the increase. Federal programs “increase food security by providing low-income households access to food, a healthful diet, and nutrition education.”
Food Stamps
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