Name: 美國的飢餓問題為何持續存在？！ (The persistence of hunger in America)
Uploaded: 2026-03-09T23:05:56.000Z
Duration: 8 min 31 s
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For some 30 years, the Department of Agriculture has released an annual report on the number of Americans living with food insecurity.

大約三十年來，農業部每年都會發布一份關於美國食物不安全人口的報告。

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The Trump administration ended that report, calling it redundant and overly politicized.

川普政府終止了這份報告，認為它重複且過於政治化。

But getting rid of the data hasn't erased the problem of hunger or the desire to fix it.

但刪除數據並沒有消除飢餓的問題，也沒有打消解決它的意願。

There's a traffic jam of shopping carts here at the Community Food Share near Boulder, Colorado.

在科羅拉多州波德市附近的社區食物共享中心，這裡的購物車大排長龍。

Any changes to Your household information?

33 year old Shannon Patrick waited patiently.

33歲的Shannon Patrick耐心地等待著。

她是這裡的常客，但她並不樂意。

The way my 12 year old is growing, probably a week.

照我12歲孩子的成長速度，大概一週吧。

Working full time as a behavioral technician helping kids with autism.

她全職擔任行為技術師，幫助自閉症兒童。

But despite her profession and her education, Shannon barely gets by on her $2,000 a month salary.

但儘管她的職業和學歷，Shannon的月薪2,000美元卻僅僅夠餬口。

Tech on rent, student loans, clothes for the kids, and there's very little left for food.

房租、學貸、孩子的衣服，剩下的食物所剩無幾。

I thought that if I got my bachelor's degree, if I got my master's degree, that so many doors I wouldn't have to rely on the government, but

我以為如果我拿到學士學位、拿到碩士學位，就會有很多機會，不用依賴政府，但是

Like most dealing with food insecurity, she'd rather not talk about it, but

就像大多數面對食物不安全的人一樣，她不太想談論這件事，但是

she agreed for us because she wanted to show others they're not alone.

她同意讓我們採訪，因為她想讓其他人知道他們並不孤單。

It's just like this feeling that society puts on you that you're less than or you're dirty because you have to get this assistance.

這就好像社會給你一種感覺，讓你覺得自己不夠好，或者因為需要接受援助而感到骯髒。

And I feel almost guilty that, like, I have these children and I should be able to take care of them, but

我覺得很內疚，好像我應該能夠照顧我的孩子們，但是

Almost 48 million Americans don't get enough to eat.

將近四千八百萬美國人吃不飽。

Shockingly, about 14 million of those are kids.

令人震驚的是，其中大約一千四百萬是孩子。

有一種「贏得的飢餓」的說法。

The reality is that that simply is not manifestly true.

事實上，這根本顯然不是真的。

That hunger happens here oft times, in spite of a lot of hard work.

這種飢餓經常發生在這裡，儘管付出了很多努力。

Nigel Claire Babineau Fontenot is the CEO of Feeding America.

Nigel Claire Babineau Fontenot 是餵養美國的執行長。

That's the nation's largest hunger relief organization.

這是全國最大的飢餓救濟組織。

Just two years into her tenure, the pandemic hit.

在她任期的僅兩年內，疫情就爆發了。

During COVID one of the areas that Congress had the most bipartisan engagement on was hunger.

在 COVID 期間，國會兩黨參與度最高的領域之一就是飢餓問題。

Food insecurity rates went down to one of the lowest rates we've ever had.

食物不安全率降到我們有史以來最低的水準之一。

And most people have no idea that it's true, but it is.

大多數人根本不知道這是真的，但它確實是真的。

If nothing else, she says, Covid proved that hunger can indeed be fixed.

她說，如果說 COVID 證明瞭什麼，那就是飢餓確實是可以解決的。

We caught up with Claire at one of the hundreds of pantries and food banks under the Feeding America umbrella here at Southern Louisiana's Second Harvest Food Bank.

我們在餵養美國旗下的數百個食物銀行之一，位於路易斯安那州南部 Second Harvest Food Bank，採訪了 Claire。

Out of kitchens like this one, Feeding America distributed nearly 6, 6 billion meals last year.

像這樣的廚房，去年餵養美國發放了將近 66 億份餐點。

And see in the shot of the camera, a lot of food.

你們看鏡頭拍到的畫面，有很多食物。

And that probably leads to a misconception that there's enough food.

這可能讓人誤以為食物是足夠的。

Some of the saddest things I've ever seen with food bankers is when they have to turn people away.

我見過食物銀行工作人員最讓人心酸的事之一，就是他們不得不拒絕人們。

Claire was the first of her family to go to college.

克萊兒是她家第一個上大學的人。

I went into my refrigerator in my little teeny weeny apartment, and I realized that I.

我走進我那小小的、小小的公寓冰箱，我發現我。

It's interesting how something can happen that long ago and how it can feel like it's happening right now.

很有趣的是，有些事發生在很久以前，但感覺就像現在正在發生一樣。

I can remember barely talking above a whisper.

我還記得我幾乎只能用耳語說話。

And then I remember this lady, she walked up to me, and

然後我記得有位女士，她走到我面前，

她臉上帶著一個美麗、溫暖的笑容。

然後她說，寶貝，妳需要幫忙嗎？

The power of that single act of kindness followed Claire the rest of her life.

這份單純的善意，一路陪伴著克萊兒的人生。

She went on to become a tax attorney, rising to executive vice president and global treasurer for Walmart.

她後來成為一位稅務律師，一路晉升到 Walmart 的執行副總裁兼全球財務長。

But in 2015, she was diagnosed with breast cancer.

但在 2015 年，她被診斷出罹患乳癌。

It was a tap on the shoulder, she says, to reprioritize her life.

她說，這就像是個提醒，讓她重新評估人生的優先順序。

So she quit Walmart and made a leap she thought her parents would understand more than anyone.

於是她辭去了 Walmart 的工作，做了一個她認為最能被父母理解的決定。

Mary Alice and Warren Babineaux are both gone now, but

Mary Alice 和 Warren Babineaux 都已經不在了，

in their hometown of Appaloosas, Louisiana, the family was known for helping shelter, feed, and

但在他們家鄉路易斯安那州的 Appaloosas，這家人以收容、餵養和

love almost any child they knew was in trouble.

關愛他們認識的、有困難的孩子們而聞名。

So much so Claire ended up with 177 siblings.

我媽媽總是有一雙銳利的眼睛。

On any given Sunday, the Babineaux took up nearly an entire pew here at the church.

每個星期天，Babineaux 家人幾乎會佔滿教堂的整個長椅。

Some of them were biological, some adopted, some fostered.

有些是親生的，有些是領養的，有些是寄養的。

But Claire won't tell you which is which.

但 Claire 不會告訴你哪個是哪個。

I don't answer that question, mostly because in the not answering, I get to say this.

我不會回答這個問題，主要是因為不回答，我就可以說這個。

這對我們來說是最不重要的一件事。

My parents truly believed in feeding the neighborhood.

我的父母真的相信要餵飽整個社區。

One day a young man came to the home directly from the hospital with his hospital gown.

有一天，一個年輕人直接從醫院穿著病號服來到家裡。

He said, Mrs. Babineau said, if I'm hungry, come to the house and I will get food.

他說 Babineau 太太說，如果我餓了，就來家裡，我會弄吃的。