"Nearly half of all U.S. children and 90 percent of black youngsters will be on food stamps at some point during childhood, and fallout from the current recession could push those numbers even higher, researchers say......
....The analysis is in line with other recent research suggesting that more than 40 percent of U.S. children will live in poverty or near-poverty by age 17......"
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See also, The Nourished Kitchen's recent Food Stamp Challenge - Read about Jenny's attempt to eat not just healthfully, but optimally for a month on just a Food Stamp budget. Can it be done?
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