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A new report by the Food Research and Action Center states that one in five Columbus area households faced a food emergency in 2008 and 2009. A “food hardship” is defined as not having enough money to buy needed food. The question pollsters asked was, “Have there been times in the past twelve months when you did not have enough money to buy food that you or your family needed.”
In Columbus 19.9% of respondents answered yes.
Youngstown was #3 at 24.2% while Toledo was #13 at 20.8%. Cleveland and Cincinnati did not make the top 25.
Nationally, 18.5% of respondents answered yes.
I found it interesting that nationally, the highest month of food hardship was November. The month of the Thanksgiving feast.
You can find an adobe document of the research here.
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