Food Banks Struggle as More People Face Food Insecurity
Fox News | December 8, 2023 | Joy AddisonGovernment numbers say America is seeing about 1 in 7 people struggling with food insecurity…
The nonprofit Feeding America says its research shows that Americans’ salaries aren’t keeping up with the price of necessities.
Now, the government numbers say we’re seeing about 1 in 7 people struggling with food insecurity.
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Jen Muzia with the Seattle Ballard Foodbank says running the food bank has become much more expensive. “It’s not only our guests that come in to shop, we’re also seeing it on us as we go to buy food. It’s costing us way more to buy food.
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the food bank has had to buy a lot more food to meet demand.
“For us, we are seeing more than double what we saw pre-pandemic. And then we’ve seen even a greater increase when snap benefits were rolled back in February or March”
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rent inflation is over 7%. And for low income or working families, rent can account for about 50% or more of their income.
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The United States Department of Agriculture reports that from 2021 to 2022, 13.5 million more people became food insecure.
How about getting a job?
Entry Level cleaning restrooms at McDonalds isn’t so bad. Just persevere.
I’m having leftovers of some sort… what kind of insecurity is that???
“Persons of limited resources” is newer and odd reference to “poor people”.
I’m doing pretty well myself, but I certainly do not have unlimited resources.
I’m not poor but I also do have limited resources.