Food Insecurity in Maryland
1 in 3 Marylanders suffer from this
What is food insecurity?
The majority of Americans who struggle with food security are in this economic condition
What is poor/what is poverty
Meat, eggs, beans and nuts are a good source of what?
What is protein?
Sara Brenner is the acting commisioner of what?
What is the FDA?
Hungry children, working familes and seniors are examples of these
Who are people that recieve support for food insecurity?
This worldwide event within the past 10 years caused dropping food insecurity levels to spike back up
What is the COVID-19 pandemic
This diagram replaced the Food Guide pyramid back in 2011.
What is the MyPlate diagram?
What is 1983?
In 2020, Montgomery County's what reached a new high at 1.06 million?
What is population?
this government association described food insecurity as "the limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods or limited or uncertain ability to acquire acceptable foods in socially acceptable ways".
What is the USDA?
this organization plays a "leading role in research on food security and food security measurement in U.S. households and communities".
What is the ERS(Economic Research Services)
True or False: the average human should have more vegetables in your daily diet than dairy.
What is true?
Manna Food now serves more than this many people (round to nearest 10000)
What is 60000?
The largest food nonprofit in the United States is what?
What is Feeding America?
A community is considered this when the food options it has are limited in nutrition.
What is under-resourced?
13.5 percent of these struggled from food insecurity in 2023.
What are households?
Beans, peas and raspberries are all high in this nutrient.
What is fiber?
3.3 million pounds of food go to 12,000 whats?
What are families?
In 2022, this country had the highest score on the Global food Security index.
What is Finland?
This Maryland county has the most schools that have a majority of students on free or reduced meals.
What is Baltimore County?
From 2022-2023, the percentage of people struggling with food insecurity rose in every category except this one
What are people 65+ that are living alone
In what you eat in drink, the FDA suggests that a healthy American adult should have an average of 50 grams per day of this.
What is sugar/added sugar?
As of February 2025, Amy Coughenour Betancourt serves this role on Manna's board of directors
What is the CEO?
What is the Midwest Food bank?