Hunger and Food Security in the United States

In this article/blog by Amanda Bensen, she talks about the disturbing statistics of people that go hungry and are "food insecure" in the United States. Did you know that every 1 in 4 American children experience hunger on some sort of level? In 2008 14.6% of all households or 49.1 million people experienced food insecurity. It was a significant increase from previously reported data and the highest level reported since the study began in 1995. Shockingly, the number is even higher at 21% in households with children. In the article Bensen questions how this could be happening in our nation whereas our problems "pale" to the prevalence of malnourishment in developing countries. We are in quite a recession, but does that mean all of these people and mainly children, need to be going hungry in our nation?

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2009/11/17/hunger-and-food-security-in-the-united-states/