Tag: Map the Meal Gap
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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…
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New Map the Meal Gap Report shows nearly 55,000 children in FAKH region face food insecurity
In this year’s report, there is a notable escalation in childhood food insecurity in FAKH’s service region compared to previous years. In the FAKH service area, last year’s study identified four counties with childhood food insecurity rates exceeding 20%. However, this year, a staggering 36 counties within FAKH’s service area report childhood food insecurity rates…
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139,020 Kentuckians face food insecurity in the FAKH region, new data shows
The latest Map the Meal Gap data from Feeding America shows that 139,020 people in Feeding America, Kentucky’s Heartland’s (FAKH) 42-county service area were food insecure in 2021. The United States Department of Agriculture defines food insecurity as the lack of access, at times, to enough food for an active, healthy life. Food insecurity is…