Food Insecurity: Gentle Words, Harsh Reality
Written by Ann Pietrangelo on November 27th, 2009 in Health Care Policy, In The News, Linked Articles.
Thanksgiving in America is a day of celebrating nature’s bounty and giving thanks for our many blessings. Food in abundance has become the central theme of the day, but too many among us go hungry on a daily basis.
While acknowledging and giving thanks for our own good fortune, we must not forget about those who are struggling to put food on the table.
It’s being called “food insecurity,” a gentle phrase that sounds much less harsh than hunger, but hunger is what it is, and about 49 million Americans are living it.
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