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The Hormel Foods Hunger Survey

The Hormel Foods Hunger Survey: A National Perspective provides a comprehensive profile of the perception of hunger in America. Hormel Foods commissioned this study in August 2006 and September 2007 in conjunction with America’s Second Harvest–The Nation’s Food Bank Network. The purpose of the study was to better understand the attitudes and behaviors of the American general public and corporate employees relative to the key domestic issues of poverty and hunger.

Key findings from 2007 include:

• One in 5 Americans say they or an immediate family member has received food from a charitable organization in the past year; almost one in 4 in Ohio said the same thing.
• 33 percent of Ohio residents believe unemployment is why people go hungry or why people are in poverty and go hungry. This compares to 26 percent of Americans
• 63 percent of Ohio residents believe that money is not the sole solution for solving the hunger problem
• Hunger-related causes are still the top ranked social issue to which Americans are willing to donate their time and money
• 60 percent of the U.S. population agrees that ethanol use is increasing the cost of corn, and thus food, and that it is at least part of the reason that more Americans are going hungry

Each survey also contains findings for Minnesota (2006) and Ohio (2007) to better gauge perceptions of residents in the state where the summit was being held.

View key 2007 findings

View key 2006 findings

Download a full copy of the report.