Prices for Key Foods are Rising Sharply; Half of Eligible Poor Don't Get Food Stamps

By Kevin Hall and Rob Hotakainen, McClatchy Newspapers. Posted August 14, 2007.

Already stung by a two-year rise in gasoline prices, American consumers now face sharply higher prices for foods they can't do without. At the same time, half of the nation's eligible poor aren't getting the food stamps to which they're entitled

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