Food poverty

Food poverty is not something new, it has been around for years.  It is gaining  publicity through the efforts of organisations seeking to bring relief to those in food poverty, but also because the articulate middle-classes are being affected. 

An interesting article may be found here:

http://communitiesfoodcic.blogspot.com/2011/11/article-in-daily-express.html

The numbers quoted in the report are woefully on the low side.