Louisiana Association of Food Banks Now Called Feeding Louisiana. Michael Towner, Iconic Legacy.9/28/2018 According to the USDA, 1 in 6 Louisiana households with more than 784,000 family members struggle to put food on the table. 1 in 20 households report skipping meals because they don’t have enough money for food. In Louisiana, 23% of seniors, nearly 1 in 4, face the threat of hunger. This ranks Louisiana as the second worst state for senior hunger. Feeding America estimates that 1 in 4 Louisiana children live in households that are food insecure. In several rural parishes one-third of children are food insecure. ![]() Louisiana offers a Feeding Hope specialty license plate. Feeding Louisiana opted to not use the John Lennon self-portrait image that is used on the 'Imagine' license plate for Feeding Florida, which has raised nearly $4 million so far. In FY 2016, 4 'Solving Hunger, Feeding Hope' specialty license plates were sold in Louisiana, in FY 2017, 1 was sold and in FY 2018, 6 were sold. Michael Towner
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