Kevin Concannon

Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, USDA

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Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services in the United States Department of Agriculture

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The Agriculture Department says that 49 million Americans did not get enough to eat last year.  Scholars at Cornell and Washington Universities report that half America's children…

Hunger in America

The Agriculture Department says that 49 million Americans did not get enough to eat last year.  Scholars at Cornell and Washington Universities report that half America's children…

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President Obama has repeated his campaign pledge to reduce "the trend of rising hunger," which recent reports call worse than ever.

Americans Are Too Fat and Too Hungry

President Obama has repeated his campaign pledge to reduce "the trend of rising hunger," which recent reports call worse than ever.

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