Conducted every four years, Hunger in America (HIA) is the largest study of charitable food assistance in America. To read the full report, as well as key Vermont findings, visit our Hunger in America webpage. Below is an excerpt of the study, documenting the different categories of programs surveyed. "Four major program types were used [...]
Hunger in America 2014 documents the critical role that Feeding America member food banks and their partner agencies play in supporting struggling families in the United States. Study results are based on nationally representative surveys conducted in 2012–13 of agencies that operate food programs in the charitable food assistance network supported by Feeding America and [...]
By Paula Span • Posted: The New York Times, The New Old Age Blog, March 28, 2014 When Telma Lopez could earn a modest living cleaning houses, she got along without food stamps. But now that she’s 64, suffers from chronic back pain and relies on Social Security disability benefits, “everything is too much money [...]
Ellen Wagner, the Administrative Services Coordinator at Twin City Subaru in Berlin, Vermont, took the 3SquaresVT Challenge from November 17-23. Challenge participants were asked to live on the average 3SquaresVT benefit for one week, which, for a household of two, is $53. She shared her reflections with us. Over the past week I have had [...]
You know, I didn’t think the 3SquaresVT Challenge for me would be so much about eating for $1.72 a meal for 21 meals. My wife is a terrific cook (and in fact writes a recipe blog for Farmers to You). She creates delicious, nutritious dishes with the simplest of ingredients that she, my 10 year-old [...]
The SNAP benefit cut, which began November 1, makes it harder for millions of families to put food on the table at a time when many people in communities across the nation are still struggling. SNAP benefits are already too low, and when that food runs out, the next stop is a food bank or [...]
