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Oct 16, 2020 · GFN, FEBA, and Feeding America food banks together redirected 3.75 million metric tons of nutritious, surplus food from landfills to more than 66.5 million people worldwide in 2019 while preventing an estimated 12.39 billion kilograms of greenhouse gases from food wastage (see Advancing the SDGs).
Jun 15, 2022 · The report finds that more than 53 million people turned to food banks, food pantries and meal programs for help in 2021, one-third more than prior to the pandemic.
Feb 3, 2022 · And in the United States, at least 60 million people turned to charitable food assistance in 2020, and food banks are serving 55 percent more people than before the pandemic, according to Feeding America, the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization and second-largest U.S. charity.
Nov 8, 2021 · In 2020, 6.7 percent of all U.S. households reported using a food pantry, an increase from 4.4 percent in 2019. The percent is even higher for food-insecure households, reaching 36.5 percent in 2020. These increases in food pantry use occurred across all types of households, including various racial and ethnic groups.
Dec 14, 2020 · One in eight Americans reported they sometimes or often did not have enough food in November, according to a recent census survey. Nearly 26 million adults - 12% of all adults - reported in...
- Silvia Martelli
Aug 16, 2021 · Every year, nearly 700 million people suffer from hunger around the world, while 1.3 billion tons of food are thrown away. Both food waste and hunger have increased during the pandemic.
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Feb 5, 2024 · Government figures suggest around two million people lived in a household which used a food bank in 2021/22, but evidence from food bank networks suggests use may have increased since. See the action taken as a result of this fact check.
