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The pandemic has made it even harder for one in three Americans to obtain healthy, affordable food

  • Written by Sheril Kirshenbaum, Associate Research Scientist, Michigan State University
The pandemic has made it even harder for one in three Americans to obtain healthy, affordable foodFree bagged lunches are ready for distribution at a public school in Fayette, Miss., on March 3, 2021.AP Photo/Rogelio V. SolisThe pandemic has made it even harder for one in three Americans to obtain healthy, affordable foodThe Conversation, CC BY-ND

COVID-19 has made food access more challenging for many communities. In Michigan State University’s Fall 2021 Food Literacy and Engagement Poll, 31% of the people we talked to said the...

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