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The real reason Americans go hungry is not food supply-it's logistics

Myriam Michel |

TEDxWaltham

• June 2021

The United States produces more food than any other nation on earth. So why will 42 million Americans, including 13 million children, go hungry in 2021? And what can we do about it? Myriam Michel shares what she learned after becoming the Executive Director of a hunger relief organization based in Waltham: It’s not food supply that’s the problem–it’s logistics. Reference: The Impact of the Coronavirus on Food Insecurity in 2020 & 2021 published by Feeding America in March 2021. Accessed 7/16/21 at https://www.feedingamerica.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/National%20Projections%20Brief_3.9.2021_0.pdf

The United States produces more food than any other nation on earth. So why will 42 million Americans, including 13 million children, go hungry in 2021? And what can we do about it? Myriam Michel shares what she learned after becoming the Executive Director of a hunger relief organization based in Waltham: It’s not food supply that’s the problem–it’s logistics. Reference: The Impact of the Coronavirus on Food Insecurity in 2020 & 2021 published by Feeding America in March 2021. Accessed 7/16/21 at https://www.feedingamerica.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/National%20Projections%20Brief_3.9.2021_0.pdf

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