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Name: Instructor: Course: Date: Hunger in America Introduction I. Attention Getter “We've often had to make a choice between buying medicine and food, and sometimes, I and my husband skip meals altogether so that my parents can eat. I love my parents, but the considering the stress of having to watch their every move and wonder how we'll settle our next bill can really be tiring.” Hunger may be history to most people living in America, but these words, found in an interview on the feedingamerica.org website, are from working mother living with her husband, three children and also taking care of her aged sick parents all surviving on her $ 20,000 annual salary ("Real Stories Of Hunger," N.p). II. Common Ground These are not the only people affected by hunger in America; most families are not able to afford basic household necessities that enable them to survive. As a result, these families come up with several ways to compensate for these needs. The above statement is just from one of the many Americans who struggles to make choices between buying food and other necessities like medicine. On the Society of St, Andrew’s website, at endhunger.org, an article on hunger in America by Alisha Coleman states that; United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) indicated that out of all food produced in the US 27% is lost at the consumer, retail, and food service levels. This accounts for about 1.5 tons of food for each woman, man, and child in the US facing hunger. III. Thesis – Inciting agency + action word+ solution To be clear, in America, we dispose of about 263 million pounds of edible surplus food. It may not surprise you that the food leftover
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