Hungry America

By The Numbers:
1 in 6 Americans is at risk of hunger.
1 in 7 Americans receives food stamps.
1 in 8 Americans receives food from Feeding America.
Between 2006 and 2010, Feeding America saw a 46 percent increase in the number of people seeking food assistance.
In 2010, Feeding America fed about 37 million Americans.
In 2006, Feeding America distributed about 2 billion pounds of food and groceries. By 2010, this had increased to more than 3 billion pounds.
Feeding America rescues more than 400 million pounds of food from grocery store shelves, as the food approaches its sell-by date.
Feeding America distributes more than 500 million pounds of fresh produce annually.
The USDA donates about 25 percent of the food Feeding America distributes.
The agricultural industry, food companies and grocery wholesalers and retailers donate the vast majority of food Feeding America distributes.