More Americans Face Food Shortage

As economists nationally debate whether the country is in recession and policy makers discuss ways to drive down gas prices, a new category of Americans combats hunger. Since 2006, soaring food and fuel prices have combined with lost jobs and stagnant wages to boost the number of Americans needing food aid. More than 41 percent of those on food stamps came from working families in 2006, up from 30 percent a decade earlier, according to the latest Agriculture Department data.