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Published: March 26, 2007
Hunger task force needed
By Rodney Bivens and Sara Waggoner
Ten years ago, Oklahoma was the 12th-worst state in terms of hunger and food insecurity. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture 's latest statistics, we are now only six states from the bottom of the pile.

In Oklahoma, 14.6 percent of the population — around 518,000 people — is food insecure, which means that they don't always have money to put food on the table. Nearly one in five Oklahoma children ...

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