USDA: Oregon ranks 3rd in food insecurity growth, By Kaellen Hessel, September 10, 2015, Statesman Journal: “Oregon ranks third in the nation for the largest growth in food insecurity, according to a new annual report released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The USDA defines a household as being food insecure as those that could not afford adequate food at any point during the year…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty