After feds cut key food insecurity survey, Maine lawmaker urges state to fill data void • Maine Morning Star

After feds cut key food insecurity survey, Maine lawmaker urges state to fill data void • Maine Morning Star

Weekly food pantry sign outside High Street Congregational Church in Auburn, Maine. (Photo by Eesha Pendharkar/Maine Morning Star)With food insecurity on the rise, Maine lawmakers are scrambling to ensure they have a sense of how many people are going hungry after the federal government’s recent cancellation of a key food insecurity survey. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Household Food Security Report, started under former President Bill C…