NJ's new food security advocate: We need to think bigger than meal programs

New Jersey governor Phil Murphy says he wants to end food insecurity in the state … where the Food Research and Action Center reports one in 12 households don’t have reliable access to affordable, nutritious food. To fight hunger, lawmakers have allocated more funding for food pantries and created tax incentives to increase access to healthy meals. And this year, they inaugurated the country’s first Office of the Food Security Advocate.

WNYC’s Karen Yi spoke with the newly appointed director of that office, Mark Dinglasan, who previously led an anti-hunger organization in Passaic County.