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Food insecurity for thousands of NJ households in pandemic

Report: 285,000-plus households didn’t have reliable access to affordable, nutritious food

05/10/2022

NJ Spotlight News

Food insecurity for thousands of NJ households in pandemic

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Report: 285,000-plus households didn’t have reliable access to affordable, nutritious food

A new report finds that more than 285,000 households in the state were "food-insecure" during the height of the pandemic -- meaning, they didn’t have reliable access to affordable and nutritious food. The data was compiled by the Food Research and Action Center with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

05/10/2022

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