Feeding America says inflation and phasing out pandemic food-assistance programs will likely worsen the hunger crisis.
Vince Hall, Chief Government Relations Officer with Feeding America, tells Brownfield a majority of food banks – 85 percent – are seeing higher or equal demand for food assistance compared to the previous month. “That is a staggering reflection of just how severe the problem of hunger is in the United States and how much the effects of supply chain disruptions and inflation are making this so much harder.”
He says inflation is causing more people to need food assistance and it’s making it harder for Feeding America to serve the same number of people.
