[PeterPrinciple]

Folks,

self perception is not a good survey.

https://www.feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america#:~:text=More%20than%2047%20million%20people%20in%20the%20US,big%20problem%2C%20but%20together%2C%20we%20can%20solve%20it.

More than 47 million people in the US face hunger, including 1 in 5 children.

Millions of people in the US don’t have enough food to eat or don’t have access to healthy food. This is a big problem, but together, we can solve it.

[Red Badger]

How in the world can that be?

We have SNAP (formerly called ‘Food Stamps’), EBT (Electronic Benefits Transfer),

https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program

https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/ebt

WIC (Women, Infants and Children)

https://www.fns.usda.gov/wic

Free meals for school children

https://www.usa.gov/school-meals

Food assistance for Native Americans

https://www.usa.gov/native-american-food-programs

National Emergency Food Assistance

https://www.usa.gov/emergency-food-assistance

Food assistance programs for older adults (Meals on Wheels)

https://www.usa.gov/senior-food-programs

The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP)

https://www.fns.usda.gov/tefap/factsheet

The Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP)

https://www.fns.usda.gov/csfp/commodity-supplemental-food-program

The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)

https://www.fns.usda.gov/cacfp

The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP)

https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/child-nutrition-programs/summer-food-service-program

School Breakfast Program

https://www.fns.usda.gov/sbp/school-breakfast-program

[metmom]

People want healthier food?

Grow it yourself.

ANYONE can do something, even in apartments if you have a patio, you can container garden SOMETHING.