Tuesday, November 16

1/4 of all Americans in a government food program



The number of federal food programs (upwards of fifteen) vary quite a but and include school lunch programs  (breakfast and lunch for 30 million children) and Women, Infants and Children - WIC -  which serves more than 9 million mothers feeding infants and children.

These data are interesting consider given the question of government food policy, nutritional guidelines, food stamp regulations, and commodity food the the governmet some times provides those in need. 

To read more:
 http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/americans-enrolled-government-food-program/story?id=12152128

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