"Oh, God, to those who have hunger, give bread, and in those who have bread, create hunger for justice"

Latin American Prayer

Butterfly Effect    

NEEDY OHIOANS: HARDSHIP AND HOPE


   
Poverty increasing in US & Ohio
Percent of People Below Poverty Level in 2009
USA Today: Hunger in America
   


USDA's revised labels describe ranges of food security

General categories
(old and new labels are the same)

Detailed categories

Old label

New label

Description of conditions in the household

Food security

Food security

High food security

No reported indications of food-access problems or limitations

Marginal food security

One or two reported indications—typically of anxiety over food sufficiency or shortage of food in the house. Little or no indication of changes in diets or food intake

Food insecurity

Food insecurity without hunger

Low food security

Reports of reduced quality, variety, or desirability of diet. Little or no indication of reduced food intake

Food insecurity
with hunger

Very low food security

Reports of multiple indications of disrupted eating patterns and reduced food intake

 

In Ohio:

 

Children's Hunger Alliance: Feeding Hungry Minds and Bodies

Nationally:

FRAC - Food Research and Action Center

 

Resources



Hunger Network in Ohio Info


Director:
Bob Erickson

HungerNetwork in Ohio
82 East 16th Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43201
Phone: 614-424-6203


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