Ending Hunger Today and Into the Future Aid agencies plan for those in need. By Michael Flood Michael Flood is the executive director of the Los Angeles Regional Foodbank. Website: www.lafoodbank.org November 20, 2004 …There are two main fronts in the fight against hunger: programs that fight hunger today and public policies that can end hunger in the future. Food banks, food pantries, soup kitchens and other charities are on the front lines providing food to adults, children and senior citizens who need assistance today. Federal nutrition programs, such as food stamps and the school lunch and breakfast programs, are also crucial in the fight against hunger. Support for all of these programs is critical to help the people who require food assistance today. Yet, in a nation where nearly 35 million Americans struggle to put food on their tables, a more comprehensive long-term approach is urgently required. America's Second Harvest and other national anti-hunger organizations have developed the Blueprint to End Hunger in America. If implemented, the recommendations of this report, which focus on the corporate, labor and charitable sectors, as well as government, would cut hunger in half by 2010 and put our nation on the path of ending hunger in the United States.