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Tag Archives: Food
How Many Low-Income Florida Kids Getting School Breakfast?
It’s a busy day on the child nutrition front. The Food Research and Action Center has released its annual School Breakfast Scorecard and Urban School Breakfast Report. How many low-income kids in Florida are getting school breakfast? Not enough. You … Continue reading
Hello, 2011
2010: A year of crisis, challenge, difficulty, intensity, obstacles, accomplishments, disillusionment, highs, lows … and yet as the year comes to a close, we are inspired with renewed hope for a better tomorrow and for continued progress in the fight … Continue reading
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Tagged Advocacy, Charities, Food, Health, Hunger, No Kid Hungry, Nutrition, Poverty, The Real World
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Fast-Food Chains Market Unhealthy Meal Options To Youth-We’re Shocked!
Direct from the “stating the obvious” department, the information is still frightening: The average preschooler sees almost three fast-food restaurant ads a day and is rarely offered a healthy meal option, a new study from Yale’s Rudd Center for Food … Continue reading
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Tagged Children, Food, Health, Media, Research, The Real World
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FRAC Releases New Findings On U.S. Hunger
The Food Research and Action Center reported today that nearly one in five households report an inability to afford enough food, and the the SNAP Benefit boost is keeping the food hardship rate from skyrocketing even further. Almost 18 percent … Continue reading
Recession Officially “Over,” But Use Of Food Stamps Stays @ Record High
Record numbers of Americans now receive SNAP/Food Stamps, more than a year after the recession has been officially deemed over. Job layoffs and reduced family incomes have driven more and more households to apply for the benefit, while the economic … Continue reading
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Tagged Children, Food, Hunger, Legislative, Media, Research, SNAP, The Real World
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USA Today Publishes Hunger in America Supplement
FRAC (Food Resource And Action Center) President Jim Weill, who wrote the foreword to USA Today’s Hunger in America supplement, shared in it a laundry list of troubling facts. Here’s just two – In 2008, 49 million people lived in households facing food-insecurity (according to USDA), and … Continue reading
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Tagged Food, Food Bank, Food For All, Health, Media, Nutrition, Poverty, Research, The Real World
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End Childhood Hunger Advocacy Center 