Celebrity Chef Tom Colicchio: 'We Can End Hunger In This Country'
The Top Chef judge, restaurateur and hunger advocate says many of our nation's problems are related to food, and one the biggest ways to address this is to make meals more nutritious and accessible.
Hunger in America can often seem invisible, but recent studies have shown that it is a problem that affect millions of people, many of them children.
An estimated 13.1 million kids live in homes with insufficient food, according to the most recent figures from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. And the number of college students struggling with hunger has prompted more campuses to open . Seniors and people with disabilities also suffer from hunger, and federal money for programs like Meals on Wheels under President Trump's proposed budget.
