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☆ Food deserts aren't what's causing hunger in the U.S. — It's wages, inequality and inflation
  + stars: | 2023-07-16 | by ( Juhohn Lee | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
About 33.8 million Americans didn't have adequate access to food, according to the latest report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. "Food inflation, as we've seen during the pandemic, has gone up, driven in large part by supply chain disruptions and shortages of food supply during the pandemic," according to Erika Thiem, chief supply chain officer at the nonprofit Feeding America. Food deserts, where access to affordable and healthy foods is limited, have also been widely blamed as a major cause of hunger in the U.S. He continued, "it's food prices that matter, not food access." "I think part of this is how problems compound problems," according to Stacy Dean, deputy under secretary at the USDA.
Persons: we've, Erika Thiem, Catherine D'Amato, Craig Gundersen, Stacy Dean Organizations: U.S . Department of Agriculture, That's, America, Greater Boston Food Bank, U.S, Baylor University, National Bureau of Economic Research Locations: United States, Greater, U.S
☆ Return to pandemic hunger levels could signal economic fragility
  + stars: | 2023-04-23 | by ( John Shiffman Leah Douglas | John Shiffman | Leah Douglas | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +10 min
They said two in five people seeking food assistance in the Atlanta region this year have not done so before. In central Ohio, the local food bank says the number of households seeking aid has increased by nearly half since last year. Craig Gundersen, a Baylor University economics professor who is a prominent researcher for Feeding America, said that food banks experiencing spikes above COVID levels are outliers. The Highland Food Pantry in Winchester, Virginia, said it served about 90 families a week during the pandemic. In early April, White visited a community center to donate old clothes and noticed a line for the food pantry.
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