Ending Hunger in America, 2014 Hunger Report Full Report | Page 128

Independent initiatives to end hunger range in scale, from small towns and counties to
major metropolitan areas and states. This chapter highlights a handful of initiatives that are
representative of different approaches. Some are led by governors, mayors, or state or local
elected representatives, while others are entirely volunteer-run. The aim of the chapter goes
beyond showcasing these efforts to showing the numerous contributions that local efforts
make when they partner with the federal government. First, let’s put the federal role in this
partnership in perspective and consider the political environment in
which local efforts must operate.

In 2013, the nutrition
safety net comes under
attack

USDA /Lance Cheung

International School
Meals Day at Harmony
Hills Elementary School
in Silver Spring, MD.

For more than half a century,
federally funded nutrition programs have been the mainstay of
the nation’s fight against hunger
here at home. It is worth a quick
reminder of how these programs
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