Joe Biden pledges $1.7 billion to end hunger across U.S.

Too bad many states will just refuse the money.

I'm really curious to see what these projects are going to look like. It's estimated that 30-40% of all food in the US is wasted (usda.gov)

USAToday also has a recent story where they discussed some of the climate impacts that could be contributing to.

$10 billion funded school lunches for a year during COVID and we should have kept it going. School kitchens are back to having to try to collect "lunch debt" again. So how is less than a fifth of that going to end hunger? This is just election posturing and empty promises. Look for more of these coming soon from the right.

Noble cause but they already spent 8 billion 2 years ago and there is plenty of hunger. I'm not sure how another 1.7 billion will fix it.

There is plenty of food but the distribution is a big part of the problem, hopefully they are addressing that.

Can't wait to see Red States reject the aid for their hungriest constituents.

That's SOCIALISM! Why not let RICH PEOPLE do that instead? Also I'm VERY VERY happy Elon Musk paid $44BILLION for a website!

He can pledge whatever he can, but being in control of only the executive branch, his options are limited.

The GOP will NOT LIKE that. ‘Bama and other states will reject the funding because… reasons.

Kellogg’s CEO salivating at all the extra cereal people will be able to buy for dinner.

I bet it'll all go to the illegal migrants, their luxury rooms and their free credit cards. /S

This is the best summary I could come up with:

The Biden administration has announced a $1.7 billion package to fund initiatives aimed at ending hunger across the U.S. by 2030, the White House announced on Tuesday morning.

The commitment will go towards funding 141 projects across the nation.

The full details of the package are expected to be announced by Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, at an event at the White House later on Tuesday.

As of 2022, around 17 million households experienced food insecurity nationwide, and more than 44 million people across the U.S. faced hunger, including one in five children, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The funding builds on the $8 billion already committed to fighting hunger in September 2022.

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Can we not find a source for the news that isn't owned by an East Asian religious cult since 2018?

I thought there was no money in America to do things like this because excess military surplus was sent to Ukraine?

Seems like a noble cause, why not Trillion?

Oh look the Democrats are trying to get people to vote again

There's literally unhoused people about 5 blocks from me that just got their encampment raided. Police took their food and threw it away along with all of their belongings. The police didn't offer any help or resources either so where did this 1.7 billion go?

OK that's cool! I'm wondering how this will effect homelessness though

My god that picture.

“What’re you looking at smooth skin”

How much has he already given to murder across the globe?

A genocide enabler who feeds people is still a genocide enabler.

Yet he stopped aid going to Gaza and is willing to let children go hungry there, and get bombed some more.. and just die. Theres also still children going hungry here. Bet there will be next election cycle too.

How is anyone hungry in America? Those people are fat as shit.

Waste of money; fight the high prices instead of this pr crap