One in Ten Americans Went Hungry Last Year

By Abid Aslam, IPS News
Posted on November 28, 2007, Printed on November 28, 2007
http://www.alternet.org/story/68054/

More than one in 10 people in the United States go hungry, according to new official figures that suggest government food programs are falling short in the world's wealthiest country.

More than 35 million people in a country of some 294 million went hungry last year, 390,000 more than in 2005, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's latest Household Food Security report.