New Report Shows 49 Million Americans Struggle For Adequate Access To Food

A volunteer readies boxes before loading them with food donations at the Mana Food Center November 16, 2009 in Gaithersburg, Maryland. A new report shows that 49 million Amercians struggle to find sufficient food, the hightest number since the government began keeping track in 1995. "We are the canary in the coal mine," food center Executive Director Amy Ginsberg said about the center's ability to sense bad economic weather ahead. "This is our new normal," she said mentioning the increase in the number of people in Montgomery County being served by the center. Mana now helps 3,300 families a month, up from 1,800 families just two years ago.
A volunteer readies boxes before loading them with food donations at the Mana Food Center November 16, 2009 in Gaithersburg, Maryland. A new report shows that 49 million Amercians struggle to find sufficient food, the hightest number since the government began keeping track in 1995. "We are the canary in the coal mine," food center Executive Director Amy Ginsberg said about the center's ability to sense bad economic weather ahead. "This is our new normal," she said mentioning the increase in the number of people in Montgomery County being served by the center. Mana now helps 3,300 families a month, up from 1,800 families just two years ago.
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Volunteer Bryan Fell handles boxes with food donations at the Manna Food Center November 16, 2009 in Gaithersburg, Maryland. A new report shows that 49 million Amercians struggle to find sufficient food, the hightest number since the government began keeping track in 1995. "We are the canary in the coal mine," food center Executive Director Amy Ginsberg said about the center's ability to sense bad economic weather ahead. "This is our new normal," she said mentioning the increase in the number of people in Montgomery County being served by the center. Mana now helps 3,300 families a month, up from 1,800 families just two years ago. Volunteers leave for the day after working at the Manna Food Center November 16, 2009 in Gaithersburg, Maryland. A new report shows that 49 million Amercians struggle to find sufficient food, the hightest number since the government began keeping track in 1995. "We are the canary in the coal mine," food center Executive Director Amy Ginsberg said about the center's ability to sense bad economic weather ahead. "This is our new normal," she said mentioning the increase in the number of people in Montgomery County being served by the center. Mana now helps 3,300 families a month, up from 1,800 families just two years ago. Manna Food Center employee Norman Blessingame (C) gets a hand preparing bins for the next day's deliveries November 16, 2009 in Gaithersburg, Maryland. A new report shows that 49 million Amercians struggle to find sufficient food, the hightest number since the government began keeping track in 1995. "We are the canary in the coal mine," food center Executive Director Amy Ginsberg said about the center's ability to sense bad economic weather ahead. "This is our new normal," she said mentioning the increase in the number of people in Montgomery County being served by the center. Mana now helps 3,300 families a month, up from 1,800 families just two years ago. Volunteer Robin Thompson works to prepare bins for the next day's deliveries at the Manna Food Center November 16, 2009 in Gaithersburg, Maryland. A new report shows that 49 million Amercians struggle to find sufficient food, the hightest number since the government began keeping track in 1995. "We are the canary in the coal mine," food center Executive Director Amy Ginsberg said about the center's ability to sense bad economic weather ahead. "This is our new normal," she said mentioning the increase in the number of people in Montgomery County being served by the center. Mana now helps 3,300 families a month, up from 1,800 families just two years ago.
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