Trump scraps the nation’s most comprehensive food insecurity report − making it harder to know how many Americans struggle to get enough food. Really!

When a nutty professor bemoans largely useless federal statistical data!

The US is abundant in affordable food supplies of all kinds! There might be some rural or remote areas, where food supply is not as good as in most urban areas, but people chose to live there.

There are probably more food donations and food pantries happening every day in the US than in most other countries of the world.

The definition of food insecurity is already very flimsy!

Caveat: I did not read the article.

"The Trump administration announced on Sept. 20, 2025, that it plans to stop releasing food insecurity data. The federal government has tracked and analyzed this data for the past three decades, but it plans to stop after publishing statistics pertaining to 2024 data. ... Tracy Roof, a political scientist who has researched the history of government nutrition programs, to explain the significance of the U.S. Household Food Security Survey and what might happen if the government discontinues it.

What’s food insecurity?

The U.S. Department of Agriculture defines food security as “access by all people at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life.” ..."

Trump scraps the nation’s most comprehensive food insecurity report − making it harder to know how many Americans struggle to get enough food

Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Richmond 

Tracy Roof (Source)