BOB ABERNETHY: One important lobby is the Christian group Bread for the World, which fights hunger here and abroad. Reverend David Beckmann, a Lutheran pastor, is president of Bread for the World. David welcome.
DAVID BECKMANN (President, Bread for the World): Thank you.
ABERNETHY: Bring us up to date, how many hungry people are there in the United States?
BECKMANN: It’s now 1 in 7 Americans who lives in a household that runs out of food.
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PBS' Religion and Ethics Newsweekly: Combating Hunger
BOB ABERNETHY: One important lobby is the Christian group Bread for the World, which fights hunger here and abroad. Reverend David Beckmann, a Lutheran pastor, is president of Bread for the World. David welcome.
DAVID BECKMANN (President, Bread for the World): Thank you.
ABERNETHY: Bring us up to date, how many hungry people are there in the United States?
BECKMANN: It’s now 1 in 7 Americans who lives in a household that runs out of food.
Read or watch it all.