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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Environment
Jessica Fu

‘I can’t afford groceries’: why one-third of US college students don’t have enough to eat

Anthony Meng on campus at Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Anthony Meng on campus at Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Photograph: Brooklynn T Kascel/The Guardian

For Anthony Meng, a senior at Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota, food insecurity can take on many different forms. On some days, it means skipping meals as he’s rushing to work or to class. On others, “it’s like, I don’t think I can afford groceries,” he said. “Which is difficult to say at times, but it’s the reality of the situation.”

Meng, 22, rolls out of bed every morning around 9 or 10am. His schedule is typically packed with back-to-back lectures and extracurriculars. More often than not, Meng finds himself heading out for the day with just a granola bar in hand, if anything at all.

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