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. The economy is booming.
Prosperity is at an all-time high.
But hunger still threatens more than 12 million U.S. children. But there's little talk from either party about spending that money to tackle the most serious problems facing our nation, like hunger and poverty. Hunger isn't an insurmountable problem. In fact, we could cut hunger in half in this country within just a couple of years simply by strengthening existing federal nutrition programs, especially food stamps. Both candidates are making promises to extend our nation's prosperity to everyone.