Tag: Trends
New Data Show Trends, Challenge Old Wisdom
September 23, 2023
Knowing the numbers for hunger and poverty can go a long way to helping us talk about the issues accurately and craft effective, forward-looking responses. For those who share with their congregation information about hunger and poverty, these numbers can also be helpful in putting together presentations or workshops. There are several sources for data that are particularly reliable and useful[1]: The World Bank’s poverty report; The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ (FAO) annual “State of Food Security” report; The US Census Bureau’s annual reports on poverty and income; and The US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) annual…