{"id":336,"date":"2011-09-08T16:33:15","date_gmt":"2011-09-08T16:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/?p=336"},"modified":"2011-09-08T17:21:37","modified_gmt":"2011-09-08T17:21:37","slug":"usda-report-shows-more-than-17-million-amercian-households-lack-food-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2011\/09\/08\/usda-report-shows-more-than-17-million-amercian-households-lack-food-security\/","title":{"rendered":"USDA Report Shows More Than 17 million American Households Lack Food Security"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 2011 — USDA Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services Under Secretary Kevin Concannon today announced the results of USDA’s Household Food Security in the United States, 2010<\/a> report that found that the percentage of very low food security declined from 5.7 percent of households in 2009 to 5.4 percent in 2010. The USDA study indicated that in 2010, 17.2 million households in America had difficulty providing enough food due to a lack of resources. The number of food insecure households in 2010 was relatively consistent with statistics released in 2008 and 2009.<\/p>\n

“This report underscores the critical role that federal nutrition assistance programs play in helping struggling American families put food on the table until they can get back on their feet,” said Concannon. “Many families receive assistance not because they want to, but because they need it as a last resort to make ends meet. As the economy continues to recover and jobs are created, we hope to see the number of families in need of nutrition assistance shrink.”<\/p>\n

The report released today indicates that 59 percent of all food-insecure households participated in one or more of the three largest nutrition assistance programs near the time of the survey.<\/p>\n

In fiscal year 2010, these programs provided much needed food assistance to millions of individuals, children and families in need:<\/p>\n