Steven Harras, Catholic News Agency
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
The Trump administration’s recent decision to cease publishing an annual U.S. Department of Agriculture report on household food insecurity is being met with strong criticism by the Catholic Health Association of the United States, anti-hunger activists, and academics. James Ziliak, founding director of the Center for Poverty Research at the University of Kentucky, says the report “was one of the most widely watched barometers of economic well-being among low- and moderate-income households in the U.S. and provided key information for policymakers, charitable organizations, and researchers.”
