The Percentage Of Americans Who Can't Afford Food Hasn't Budged Since The Recession Peaked [HuffingtonPost.com]

Samantha Sangenito 8/20/144:00 AM

More than five years into an economic recovery, with unemployment falling and the stock market at record highs, millions of Americans like Taormina still can't afford basic nutrition, according to a blockbuster study released Monday by the relief charity Feeding America. The 160-page report, titled Hunger in America 2014, claims to be the largest, most comprehensive study of hunger in the U.S. ever conducted. It took four years to produce and involved interviews with 60,000 people whose households are served by the charity.

[For more of this story, written by Hunter Stuart, go to http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...?utm_hp_ref=business]

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