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As more Americans seek food assistance from our nation’s dwindling supply of food banks — Reuters reports a record 32 million people — one in every 10 Americans are now on Food Stamps. Food stamp requests have skyrocketed across the nation, and are up in every state but four. Vermont, Alaska and South Dakota had increases of more than 5 percent.
Food Stamp Enrollment by Month:
September 2008
31.587 million
October 2008
31.050 million
November 2008
31.097 million
December 2008
31.784 million
January 2009
32.205 million