Hidden in America' puts a human face on hunger, and it's not the stereotype that many people conjure up in their head. All too often, the human faces of hunger are the faces of America's children. They are the faces of good, hard-working parents who lost a job or lost everything to a family illness. We have a responsibility to these families. And, we have a responsibility to our children.
Hunger puts our kids at risk of malnutrition and the lifetime of chronic illness that can result.
Our job is to offer them a brighter future. We owe it to all our kids. Here in America, there can be no such thing as other people's children. First and foremost, we need a strong federal commitment to fighting hunger in America. At USDA, we do a lot of things.