At some point this year, 54 million Americans — including one in four children — may not know where their next meal is coming from.
Food insecurity is rising in every part of the United States, and will continue to throughout 2020, according to new projections out this week from Feeding America.
“These are record levels,” said Emily Engelhard, managing director of research at Feeding America, which has a nationwide network of food banks. “We have not seen food insecurity reach these levels for the length of time that food insecurity has been measured.”