Oregon's Hunger Rate In Top Five For Nation
Portland, OR November 18, 2008 4:30 p.m.
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downloadOregon has a worsening hunger problem.
The federal Agriculture Department’s new numbers put the hunger rate here at 5.5 percent, among the top five most hungry states.
Patti Whitney-Wise is the director of the Oregon Hunger Relief Task Force. I asked her what that 5-percent hunger rate means.
Patti Whitney-Wise is the director of the Oregon Hunger Relief Task Force. She was talking about new federal statistics ranking Oregon among five states with the worst hunger problems.
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