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The pandemic recession has pushed a further 9.8 million Americans into food insecurity

  • Written by Craig Gundersen, Professor of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The pandemic recession has pushed a further 9.8 million Americans into food insecurityLines outside food distribution centers have become a common scene.Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty ImagesThe pandemic recession has pushed a further 9.8 million Americans into food insecurityCC BY-ND

The COVID-19 pandemic has imposed hardship on millions of vulnerable Americans through unemployment and reduced work hours. And this has increased food insecurity across the nation.

There is no official figure yet for how many more...

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