US EditionUSDA Ends Food Insecurity Survey
The USDA cites cost and politicization in ending the 30-year survey despite 2023’s highest food insecurity rates in a decade, affecting hunger relief programs nationwide.
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture decided to end publishing its annual household food security reports, with the last one set for October 2025.
- The USDA cited the reports as redundant, costly, and politicized, while advocacy groups expressed concern over losing crucial data collected for 30 years.
- These reports have guided food assistance programs like SNAP and school meals and helped food banks and organizations understand food insecurity at state and local levels.
- Kiera Condon of the Montana Food Bank Network highlighted the necessity of having data on food insecurity to effectively address hunger and called on Congress to restore the reports to ensure accountability.
- Without USDA data, communities will face challenges in targeting aid effectively, though providers serving thousands weekly emphasize they will continue their work amid these changes.
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Times ArgusHorton: Hunger won’t disappear by ignoring it
The recent decision by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to cancel the Household Food Security in the United States report is unacceptable. This annual survey has, for nearly three decades, measured food insecurity across the country, and served as an…
USDA to terminate annual hunger reports as food insecurity rises in Madison, nationwide
MADISON, Wis. -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture has canceled its annual food security reports, calling them 'redundant, costly and politicized.' But Madison food pantries and providers instead call the soon-to-be-terminated data critical in the fight against hunger.
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Duncan BannerOklahoma Voice: USDA cancels food security report that anti-hunger advocates say showed the effects of food policies
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has canceled a report that hunger-fighting organizations say was “essential” data to see the results of federal and local policies aimed at ending hunger.
House Agriculture Committee Democrats Demand Answers on Hunger Survey Cancellation - Oklahoma Farm Report
House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02), Vice Ranking Member Shontel Brown (OH-11), Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee Ranking Member Jahana Hayes (CT-05), Rep. Jim McGovern (MA-02),and Rep. Alma Adams (NC-12) were joined by all Agriculture Committee Democrats in a letter to Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins demanding answerings over the abrupt cancellation of the Household Food Security Reports. The reports
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