Department of Agriculture Reported Jump in Food Insecurity in 2022

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Right. And new data from the Department of Agriculture shows more and more people in the US don't really know where their next meal is coming from. According to the report, the number of people who couldn't reliably afford to eat rose from 10.2% to 12.8% last year for homes with Children. The number of those who are food insecure rose 5% points over last year to 17.3%. That's the highest, that number has been since 2014. Inflation and the removal of pandemic era benefits like child tax credits and what's been looked at as the they're largely what's being considered the cause of this spike.