The bipartisan Congressional Hunger Center, which grew out of the U.S. House Select Committee on Hunger, trains anti-hunger advocates. A number of members of Congress are on its board; Zack Bly is the communications specialist.

Community Food Security Coalition does advocacy, education and training on issues of food production and distribution to build sustainable and local food supplies. It includes member groups from the U.S. and Canada. Miriam Barnard is executive director of the Portland, Ore., group.

The Alliance to End Hunger is a coalition of groups across cultures and faiths that fosters partnerships to end hunger in the world. It was begun by David Beckmann, president of Bread for the World. Nathan Magrath is the manager of communications and outreach.

Feeding America published different maps breaking down food insecurity rates by state and county throughout the U.S. using 2009-2011 data.

Read a June 10, 2013, story by ThinkProgress about the high concentration of child hunger in rural America.

Read a June 18, 2013, story by The Huffington Post about the U.S. counties with the highest rates of child food insecurity.

The number of people receiving food stamps was expected to hit record levels in 2008, according to projections from the Congressional Budget Office, according to a March 31, 2008, New York Times story.

The Sodexo Foundation released a report in June 2007 that found that the U.S. pays $90 billion a year – or $800 per household – directly or indirectly for the effects of hunger (hunger-related charities, illness and psychosocial dysfunction and the impact of less education/lower productivity).

Feeding America and National Foundation to End Senior Hunger published a report in 2011 and reveals that the number of food insecure seniors above the age of 60 has more than doubled to 4.8 million from 2001 to 2011.