Day: August 12, 2024
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Rise in Food Insecurity Affects Over 176,000 Kentuckians in the Heartland, New Data Shows
August 12, 2024 – The latest Map the Meal Gap data from Feeding America reveals a troubling surge in food insecurity across Kentucky’s Heartland. In 2022, 176,270 people in Feeding America, Kentucky’s Heartland’s (FAKH) 42 county service area were food insecure, an alarming increase of 35,250 individuals from the previous year. Food insecurity, defined by…