The study of SF-Marin Food Bank has revealed an alarming trend: 23 % of the residents of San Francisco suffer from a lack of food. And most interestingly, this figure is much higher than the official number of homeless: there are no more than 7 thousand people, representing less than 1 % of the population.
The lack of food security is becoming one of the hottest topics today. In the planned budget for the year 2018, the White house proposes to reduce funding for the food stamp programme to 193 billion U.S. dollars. This measure intend to consolidate for the next 10 years. This proposal is of particular concern in connection with the revealed statistics that are collected by the data showing the poverty line and the cost of living in San Francisco.
However, the Director of social policy and protection of the SF-Marin Food Bank Terry All emphasizes that in research the term «hunger» is used as a General definition, is associated not only with malnutrition but also with the General lack of the necessary human food. Note that this non-profit organization annually provides free food about 225 thousand people in San Francisco and its suburbs.
«How else to explain a situation in which someone does not have enough resources to obtain food for themselves and their families?» says Olle.
For example, an average of 50 families from Bryant Elementari in San Francisco, where 78 % of students eligible for free lunch, lining up every week to get food from the SF-Marin Food Bank. They take bread, milk, apples, and more. The question hungry do they respond negatively. But add that I would like more variety in food than what is offered through food stamps.
