Wednesday 3 September 2014

Fewer U.S. households lacking enough food: USDA

Workers labor at a romaine lettuce farm outside San Luis, Arizona By Ros Krasny WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The percentage of Americans regarded as "food insecure" - lacking access to enough food for a healthy life - has declined in the past few years but still represents over 17 million households, the U.S. About 14.3 percent of households were termed food insecure in 2013, down from 14.9 percent in 2011. Rates of food insecurity were substantially higher than the national average in households with incomes near or below the poverty line, those headed by single women or single men, and those headed by blacks and Hispanics, USDA's Economic Research Service said in an annual report. Although the prevalence of sporadic food insecurity has fallen, the number of households with very low food security is persistent, USDA said, even as the U.S.




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