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Harris County’s Black and Hispanic families see highest rates of food insecurity, study shows

A line forms at a "PopUp Grocery Store" hosted by the nonprofit Second Servings in Houston on Dec. 5, 2025. Inside the Burnett Bayland Community Center, dozens of families lined up, each waiting their ...
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Houston’s food-insecure households face worse health outcomes, Rice study finds

A box of food from the Houston Food Bank. Houston's food-insecure households are more likely to report poor health outcomes and go uninsured. That's according to a recent survey of more than 5,200 ...
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"Survival is the key," Houston mother describes challenges living in food insecurity

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- There are neighborhoods in Houston where more families struggle to put food on the table than others. According to a recent study by Rice University's Kinder Institute, 80% of ...
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2 in 5 households in Houston and Harris County are food insecure, according to study

It's becoming harder for more Houstonians to put food on the table. A recent study from Rice's Kinder Institute found that about 2 in 5 households in Houston and Harris County are food insecure. The ...