Map the Meal Gap 2014 Study Uncovers U.S. Food Insecurity Reaching Every County in the Nation

Increased Poverty Rates Leave Minorities Disproportionately Affected CHICAGO, April 21, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Feeding America, the nation's largest domestic hunger-relief organization, today released Map the Meal Gap 2014, a detailed analysis of food insecurity for every county in the US.  It is the only study available that provides county–level estimates of food insecurity in the United States. Feeding America's annual study measures the population affected by food insecurity (defined by the USDA as a socioeconomic condition of limited or uncertain access to enough food to support a healthy life) and the factors that contribute to need in households across the...