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The Center for Hunger-Free Communities

Solutions Based on Science and the Human Experience

September 2011

CNN airs "Witnesses to Hunger: A portrait of food insecurity in America"

9/26/11

This news story, which aired September 22nd on CNN's American Morning program, featured interviews with Witnesses to Hunger Tianna Gaines-Turner, Barbie Izquierdo, and Jean Culver, as well as Witnesses to Hunger founder Dr. Mariana Chilton.  

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USDA finds that over 49 million Americans struggled to get enough food in 2010

9/8/11

In this report released yesterday, the United States Department of Agriculture found that 14.5% of U.S. households experienced food insecurity in 2010, approximately the same number as 2009.