Anti-Hunger and Emergency Food Programs

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The number of NYC residents who experienced difficulty affording needed food throughout the year has steadily increased every year, from 2 million in 2003 to 3.1 million in 2007 - a 55 percent increase. The number of NYC residents who would not be able to afford needed food immediately after the loss of their household income has increased from approximately 1.3 million in 2003 to approximately 1.6 million in 2007 - a 23 percent increase. The largest percentage increase in NYC residents experiencing difficulty affording needed food, and immediately unable to afford food after the loss of their household income, is among middle-income residents.

- New York Food Bank

• National Anti-Hunger Organizations
  A Blueprint to End Hunger 2008
  incl. Millennium Declaration to End Hunger

• The New York Food Bank
  NYC Hunger Experience 2008 Summary
  NYC Hunger Safety Net:
  Five Detailed Evaluation Studies of New York City’s emergency food network

• City Harvest and New York Food Bank
  Hunger in America 2006: The New York City and State Report

• USDA Report
  Household Food Security in the United States, 2007
  

• Feeding America
  Hunger 101 Fact Sheets

• Feeding Minds, Fighting Hunger
  An international classroom for exploring the problems of hunger, malnutrition and food insecurity, designed to help equip and encourage teachers, students and young people all over the world to actively participate in creating a world free from hunger.

• New York City Coalition Against Hunger
  Guides to Free Food Assistance Sites in New York City, by neighborhood

• Hunger Action Network of New York State

• City Harvest

• Food Resource and Action Center
  Hunger in the U.S. Policy Brief

• World Hunger Year

• Presbyterian Hunger Program

• Food Not Bombs
  Brooklyn Food Not Bombs

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