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Missouri trends mirror the national picture; MU scientist offers policy suggestions to fight hunger issues

COLUMBIA, Mo. – The 2013 Missouri Hunger Atlas, issued by the University of Missouri’s Interdisciplinary Center for Food Security, shows that more than one in five Missouri households with children are food insecure, meaning they worry about not having enough food. One author of the Hunger Atlas said that patterns in Missouri reflect what is happening at the national level, and offers suggestions for actions from government policy makers and individuals to provide some relief. (more…)

One in Four Missouri Families Worries about Food for their Children

By Guest PostAugust 18, 2010Economycenter for food security, colleen heflin, food insecure, food insecurity, foreclose, home loans, matt foulkes, missouri families, missouri hunger atlas, missouri population, missourians, nikki raedeke, nutrition, recession, sandy rikoon, sociology, university of missouri

COLUMBIA, Mo. — As the recession continues, economic casualties continue to mount. Daily, the media report that banks continue to foreclose on home loans and people are still losing their jobs.

Missing from the headlines, however, is the growing number of people that are having more difficulty feeding themselves and their children. According to the 2010 Missouri Hunger Atlas, which was released by a University of Missouri research team, one in four Missouri families with children living at home worries about putting enough food on the table.

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