Maine Public Broadcasting -According to new figures released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 14.4 percent of Maine households between 2015 and 2017 were classified as food insecure, while 6.4 percent of those households qualified as "very food insecure," meaning that people in those homes reported running out of food, skipping meals and going hungry.
The national average was 12.3 per cent, with 4.8 percent of families experiencing very low food security.
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