Know the issues. Hunger costs the U.S. economy $160 billion every year.

Dec 18, 2015

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A new report finds that hunger costs the U.S. economy $160 billion in poor health outcomes and additional health care every year.

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Know the issues. Hunger costs the U.S. economy $160 billion every year.

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Safer Pregnancies and Births in the United States

Helping Hungry People and Healing the Land: Regenerative Agriculture in Burundi

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