Biden takes aim at food insecurity with first hunger conference in 50 years – as it happened

Biden releases national hunger and nutrition strategy, which includes a slate of goals to help end food insecurity

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Biden is going into the main pillars of the national hunger and nutrition strategy released on Tuesday, which includes a slew of goals to help end food insecurity, give people more information and options to eat more healthily, and help folks take up regular physical activity.

Unfortunately, the goals are more a call to action, as Congress has ended Covid-era policies like the universal free school meals program and the expanded child tax credits which had massively reduced food insecurity and child poverty in the US.