After feds cut key food insecurity survey, Maine lawmaker urges state to fill data void

By: Eesha Pendharkar

Outlets: Maine Morning Star

Published: January 9, 2026

Words: 630

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 5 days ago

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With food insecurity on the rise, Maine lawmakers are scrambling to ensure they have a sense of how many people are going hungry after the federal government’s recent cancellation of a key food insecurity survey.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Household Food Security Report, started under former President Bill Clinton, measured rates of food insecurity across the country every year for three decades. Food banks, state departments and nonprofits used the results of that survey …

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