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CHICAGO, IL (November 23, 2009) \u2013 Just-released government data shows that more than one in seven American households \u2013 14.6 percent – suffered from food insecurity in 2008, a report that presents both challenge and opportunity for Christians to respond, says Debbie Blue, executive minister of the Evangelical Covenant Church Department of Compassion, Mercy and Justice<\/a>.
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\nU.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) figures reflect a 3.5 percent increase from 2007, the largest one-year increase since the USDA first began publishing data in 1998. The USDA defines food insecurity as \u201climited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods or limited or uncertain ability to acquire acceptable foods in socially acceptable ways.\u201d<\/p>\n

Blue praised the work of Covenant churches that are providing food relief around the country, but added more needs to be done. \u201cWe also need to advocate for the way the government funding is appropriated.\u201d<\/p>\n

Blue was at a board meeting of Bread for the World, a longtime close partner with the Covenant, when the figures were released. Board members were not surprised by the news.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat should really shock us is that almost one in four children in our country lives on the brink of hunger,\u201d said Bread President David Beckmann. \u201cThe recession has made the problem of hunger worse, and it has also made it more visible.\u201d<\/p>\n

The problem is particularly acute among minorities, according to the reports, which show that one in four African American and Latino households are food insecure, compared with one in 10 white households.<\/p>\n

Many Covenant churches are involved in Bread\u2019s Offering of Letters, which addresses a particular issue each year, and opportunities will be available at the Covenant\u2019s Annual Meeting in 2010, Blue said.<\/p>\n

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