A team from Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California recently reported details about how plants respond to hormones called jasmonic acid that allows them to perceive trouble. [.]
Feeding America estimates that our country will be short eight billion meals in the next four months. Their food banks put out three times the usual this year, due to Covid-19 joblessness and homelessness, totaling over 17 billion pounds of food. On average, at least 10 percent of Americans cannot afford food that contains actual nutrition (organic whole food and non-GMO). Currently, one in every four families are experiencing food ‘insecurity’ during this pandemic, one in six families face hunger crisis periodically, and one in ten American adults (about 18 million) literally don’t have enough food to eat right now.
Food banks simply can’t handle the upswing, plus donations and volunteers are also running scarce. To handle the influx of the needy, the number of food banks would need to at least double, if not triple, so why isn’t the US Government stepping in to help? Can you say “socialism” without coughing into your mask? Even SNAP food assistance program is falling