Published in University of Louisville Law Review
The United States’ food supply is so abundant that even after agricultural exports, it provides enough food to sustain everyone in the country twice over. Despite this impressive surplus, however, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported that almost 15% of U.S. households were “food insecure” during 2008, meaning that approximately 17 million U.S. households were unable to afford enough food at some point during the year.
