We have posted several important articles about hunger on the Moanrch Housing Blog! over the last year. This Monday we published Perfect storm leaves cupboards bare at NJ food pantries! Obviously hunger is an important issue, which with rising food prices is being exacerbated.
Bill Moyer’s April 11th Journal - Hunger in America - on PBS gives great insight on how rising food prices and the deteriorating state of the economy has caused the number of people going to food pantries to increase substantially. At the same time, the number of donations to the pantry and the quality of food has decreased. The video features guests of one pantry. To the surprise of many, these includes more than the elderly and low-income - but also people who have earned high school degrees, full time jobs and many families. You can watch the video on our site. To read a transcript click here.
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