Record Number of Food Stamp Recipients Projected

This comes as the price of food is soaring. Over the past year the price of milk in the United States has risen 17 percent. Rice, pasta and bread prices have jumped over 12 percent. And the price of eggs has risen by 25 percent. It is the highest grocery inflation since the early 1990s.

Jim Weill joins us in Washington. He is the president of the Food Research and Action Center or FRAC, a national anti-hunger public policy group.

Jim Weill, President of the Food Research and Action Center or FRAC, a national anti-hunger public policy group based in Washington, DC.

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