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No easy solutions to food price rise

hunger — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:05:37 -0500

Q: Are you surprised at the price increases in wheat, corn, rice and other basic foodstuffs, some of which have tripled in just a few years?

Food Pantry Story NPR

hunger — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:32:54 -0500

With food and gas prices skyrocketing and unemployment on the rise, more and more working families are seeking help from food pantries. Jane and Dannie Devol began providing emergency food and clothing in a tiny room in their Logan, Ohio church basement 8 years ago. At that time, they never dreamed there were so many needy people in their area.

A Week of Hunger

hunger — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:08:46 -0500

But our other demand-driven crisis — food inflation — is simply a curse since there is no pleasant alternative to eating.

Food Inflation Could Linger

hunger — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:53:28 -0500

Food-price inflation could be much more severe and more prolonged than many people are now predicting, according to a presentation yesterday by the Food Institute here and consulting firm Willard Bishop, Barrington, Ill. “We don’t think a quick retreat is likely,” said Jim Hertel, managing partner at Willard Bishop, during the “Future of Food Retailing” webinar.

Food Stamps Buy Less; Families Are Hit Hard

hunger — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:13:52 -0500

The sharp rise in food prices is being felt acutely by poor families on food stamps, the federal food assistance program.

Schools May Raise Lunch Price as Food Costs Soar

hunger — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:22:29 -0500

Rising food prices are posing problems for school lunch programs. With prices increasing on everything including milk, some school districts plan to raise lunch prices for next year.

Morning Edition

Downturn forces more in U.S. to rely on free food

hunger — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:35:09 -0500

“Having a (low wage) job isn’t enough anymore. Having two or three jobs isn’t enough anymore,” said Marcia Paulson, spokeswoman for Great Plains Food Bank in North Dakota, where nearly half the households receiving food stamp benefits have one or more working adults.

Reuters

Cut your grocery bill in half

hunger — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:28:14 -0500

Cut your grocery bill in half
Everyone’s hurting thanks to high food prices – here’s how to slash what you spend on groceries.

CNN

Rising Prices Hit Home For Food Stamp Recipients

hunger — Tue, 27 May 2008 10:50:48 -0500

At a time when food prices are soaring, a growing number of Americans are struggling financially and local social service agencies are seeing record numbers of applicants, advocates are concerned that the purchasing power of food stamps has shrunk since 1996, when Congress recalculated benefit levels. The result slowed the value of food stamps relative to inflation.

Food stamp recipients pinched by high food prices

hunger — Tue, 20 May 2008 09:51:13 -0500

This is what the skyrocketing cost of food looks like at street level: Poor people whose food stamps don’t buy as much as they once did rushing into a store in the dead of night, filling shopping carts with cereal, eggs and milk so their kids can wake up on the first day of the month to a decent meal.

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