In Defense of Federal Food Aid

April 27, 2016 7:18 p.m. ET The rate of food insecurity in the U.S. spiked during the Great Recession and it continues to remain unconscionably high in the world’s wealthiest nation. In 2014, according to the Agriculture Department, nearly one in five U.S. households with children—a total of 15.3 million children—were food insecure, which means at some point during the year they lacked adequate food. In nine states, one in four children lives in a food-insecure household. Yet this month close to a million working-age adults will begin losing their... To Read the Full Story, Subscribe or Sign In