Current Population Survey analyses from 2000–2023 showed sustained racial disparities in food insecurity in both ≥ 185% and < 185% federal poverty line strata. Black, Native American, and multiracial ...

In 2019, the first year the two organizations conducted the study, 19% of Massachusetts households qualified as food insecure ...

Doctor weighs in on new findings that food insecurity is on the rise in Massachusetts ...

Dear EarthTalk: How do we reduce food insecurity without increasing food waste? – D.A., via email Answer: Food insecurity, the lacking of access to adequate food, is a prevalent global issue.

Prior to the development of the food security measure, there were widely varying estimates of the prevalence of hunger or lack of access to food and little consensus over which measure was most ...

Before she applied for food assistance through the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Santa Clara University student Kaylee Jensen remembers the anxiety she felt when thinking about ...

In 2025, 40% of households in Massachusetts, which is 1.1 million out of 2.8 million households statewide, experienced some ...

The USDA announced plans to discontinue future Household Food Security reports, ending the annual supplemental survey that, among other things, was used as the government’s official statistic on “food ...

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Financial hardship is widespread among health care workers, particularly in direct care roles, amid a workforce crisis and challenging job conditions. Direct care workers face the highest levels of ...

SEVEN NEWS ACROSS NEW MEXICO. MORE THAN 350,000 PEOPLE ARE FACING FOOD CHALLENGES AS WE WORK TO FEED NEW MEXICO. OUR ALYSSA MUNOZ SHARES A RECENT STUDY SHOWING OUR STATE’S HUNGER RATES ARE HIGHER THAN ...

ONSLOW COUNTY, N.C. (WNCT) — Food pantries across North Carolina are preparing for the impact of the government shutdown, but some are already facing issues that come from the state level. With ...