Statement from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on the 2023 Household Food Security in the U.S. Report

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4, 2024 – Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service published its annual Household Food Security Report in the United States. The report shows that in 2023, while 86.5 percent of U.S. households were food secure throughout the entire year, the remaining 13.5 percent (18.0 million households) struggled with food availability…