The following article in the Washington Post reports that the term "hunger" will be elimiated from the vocabulary of the USDA. Instead, hunger will be replaced by the term "very low food security".
Tuesday evening I delivered a Thanksgiving food box to a family of 4. Dad is back at work after an injury. Mom has ruptured discs in her back and can barely walk. Their 4 year old darling daughter never meets a stranger and their elder daughter quit school, is working full time and now helping her family.
When we walked in with the box the mom started crying. She kept saying thank you.
Low food security? Hunger? Call it what you want. The bottom line is that in the land of plenty no one should be forced to rely on the kindness of strangers to feed their family.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/15/AR2006111501621.html?nav=rss_email/components?nav=slate
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