jilly, wonderful to have you on the program.o much for joining us. >> god to be here. >> city harvest feeds over 300,000 people each week in new york city. how do you do it? >> we do it with fleets of 17 refrigerated vehicles that picks up food that would otherwise go to waste. we deliver it to another part of new york city where someone's hungry. >> amazing. and more than 50 million americans are food insecure, up to 36 million when the recession began in december '07. so things are getting worse in that regard. these are the highest numbers, or some of the highest numbers since the usda began monitoring food security. >> these are the highest numbers on record, so yes, you're right. more than 50 million americans are really struggling with hunger within their households. more than 17 million of them are children. it is the highest number on record. and it's statistics that is mirrored in new york city where city harvest is working. >> who is in need most? >> we're seeing a lot of people who are turning to emergency food progra