UConn’s Rudd Center criticizes USDA’s elimination of annual household food security report

Connecticut by the Numbers – Sunday, February 22, 2026

Last fall, the United States Department of Agriculture announced the cancellation of the federal agency’s annual Household Food Security Report. This survey, according to the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health at the University of Connecticut, has been released since the mid-1990s, and it has been “instrumental in guiding policies and research related to food insecurity.”

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