foodThe longest recession since the Great Depression has taken
an exacting toll on Americans and their ability to put food on
the table. Families who once considered themselves solidly
middle class are now signing up for food stamps or turning to
food banks to feed themselves in the face of lost jobs or cut
wages.  "These are our neighbors, our friends, the people we go
to church with," said Margaret McKenna, president of the Walmart
Foundation, of the number of Americans who are going hungry.
"This is not like this is the other, people we don't know. These
are people we do know."  Food stamp enrollment has reached
record numbers, while a  survey by Feeding America, the nation's
largest domestic hunger relief organization, found that 99
percent of participating food banks reported a surge in demand
for emergency food assistance in the past year. Ninety-eight
percent of food banks said that demand is being driven by first
time users.  Jean Osborn, 61, who lives in Bluffton, Indiana
with her 76-year-old husband