For the third
consecutive year,
Hunger Action Month
has had to contend
with a 1 in 6 hunger
rate, the highest
percentage since
such monitoring
began i...
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For the third consecutive year, Hunger Action Month has had to contend with a 1 in 6 hunger rate, the highest percentage since such monitoring began in 1995, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. As 49 million Americans struggle to put food on their plates, pantries around the country are grappling with an unprecedented demandand diversity in clientsthat they often cant afford to accomodate.
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