Household Food Security in the US
By Invictus - November 25th, 2010, 11:00AM
Eighty-five percent of American households were food secure throughout the entire year in 2009, meaning that they had access at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members. The remaining households (14.7 percent) were food insecure at least some time during the year.
Something to consider on this holiday when we give thanks for what we have. As the holiday season kicks into high gear, please consider helping those less fortunate than yourself:
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. ~ Winston Churchill
USDA report after the jump
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November 25th, 2010 at 11:56 am
Thats why Churchill caused one of the biggest food related catastrophe of 20th century when he prevented food to be delivered in the worst famine of Bengal.
Quoting Churchill for anything positive is like quoting Saddam for human rights.
Happy Thanksgiving to all !!!
November 25th, 2010 at 12:30 pm
BR,
if Grantham is serious about “AGW”/”Climate Change”, he should see..
http://search.yippy.com/search?input-form=clusty-simple&v%3Asources=webplus&v%3Aproject=clusty&query=biochar+pyrolysis+agriculture+productivity+gains
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Happy Thanksgiving to all ..
x2
November 25th, 2010 at 2:30 pm
obesity is a bigger problem than food insecurity, no?
November 25th, 2010 at 3:07 pm
To MEH a personal note:
Thank you for your seemingly never ending ability to introduce me to new information related to the topics BR brings up. Your interests and outlook are patently Galtonesque. The references you provided on biochar and pyrolysis and their implications for increasing the food supply are fascinating. Doubly so as they provide a rationale for the historical burning of fields post harvest that goes way beyond the simple restoring of basic nutrients to the soil.
November 25th, 2010 at 4:41 pm
@rktbrkr
Tell that to the 41.8 Million Americans living on Food Stamps.
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2010/10/explosive-growth-in-food-stamp-usage/
November 25th, 2010 at 4:47 pm
@RC
That appears to be a canard generated by Madhusree Mukherjee and revisionist historians.
see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_famine_of_1943
(yes I know it is wikipaedia just too stuffed to find better cites)
November 25th, 2010 at 5:46 pm
The Economic Collapse Blog
Happy Thanksgiving! Are You Better Off Today Than You Were Four Years Ago?
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The following are 11 statistics that reveal just how far the U.S. economy has fallen over the past four years….
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http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/happy-thanksgiving-are-you-better-off-today-than-you-were-four-years-ago
November 25th, 2010 at 10:37 pm
@formerlawyer
Even that Wikipedia entry has several references that point to Churchill’s role in Bengal famine. Amartya Sen (Nobel laureate) showed that it wasnt due to lack of production that 3 million died.
Richard Toye’s Churchill’s Empire has more details.
My point was that Churchill was running a ruthless, bloodsucking empire in India. Pontificating about giving while brutally taking on the other hand is not the best example of a giver. Thats all !!!!
(This is not a forum to get into why Churchill deserves the worst contempt and FDR cant be praised enough)
November 26th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
alnval,
at the least, you’re welcome. though, with “Galtonesque”, are you referring to this chap http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Galton ?