Bread for the World Pressroom Bread for the World is a nationwide Christian citizens movement seeking justice for the world's hungry people by lobbying our nation's decision makers. Just having a job offers no guarantee against hunger.
Families supported by minimum wage workers still live in poverty.
And 10 million fewer people receive food stamps now than in 1994, a drop larger than the strong economy would warrant. Most people who go hungry in the United States are white. We are pleased that the Department of Agriculture is collecting hunger data, and that Vice President Al Gore is bringing attention to this important issue. Bread for the World seeks to strengthen the food stamp program and increase the minimum wage to help more working people make work pay. We can end hunger in our richly blessed land.