Statement Attributed to Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, CEO, Feeding America
“Feeding America congratulates Brooke Rollins on her confirmation as Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
The USDA has been a critical partner in Feeding America’s efforts to end hunger in the United States, resulting in millions of people receiving healthy food and underscoring the remarkable importance of a thriving agricultural industry. Our longstanding relationship is rooted in a shared mission – to reduce the number of people experiencing food insecurity, which has increased each year since the pandemic to more than 47 million people in 2023, including 14 million children. Together with the USDA and state partners, the Feeding America network also supports food banks and communities in the wake of hurricanes, tornados, wildfires and other disasters. Our partnership is increasingly vital to ensuring that everyone has the food they need to thrive.
Together, we have a track-record of creating effective solutions for advancing a food-secure future through collaboration. We are committed to working with Secretary Rollins to continue getting nutritious food from U.S. farms onto the tables of neighbors experiencing food insecurity across the country, particularly in hard-to-reach rural areas. We stand ready, through the vast network of over 200 food banks and 60,000 faith-based and charitable partners, to ensure food from our agriculture partners reaches neighbors facing hunger.
We know we can greatly reduce hunger in America when we stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the tens of millions of neighbors facing hunger and alongside the people and organizations who support our mission, including the USDA. Feeding America looks forward to working with Secretary Rollins to advance the policies and programs that will end hunger in America for good.”
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Feeding America is committed to an America where no one is hungry. We support tens of millions of people who experience food insecurity to get the food and resources they say they need to thrive as part of a nationwide network of food banks, statewide food bank associations, food pantries and meal programs. We also invest in innovative solutions to increase equitable access to nutritious food, advocate for legislation that improves food security and work to address factors that impact food security, such as health, cost of living and employment. We partner with people experiencing food insecurity, policymakers, organizations, and supporters, united with them in a movement to end hunger. Visit FeedingAmerica.org to learn more.