Food Insecurity Challenges Rural Communities

Food Insecurity Challenges Rural Communities
Benjamin Herrold, Missouri Farmer Today

A recent article from Missouri Farmer Today reports on how rural communities are impacted by food and nutritional insecurity.

Katie Sorrell of Iowa State University Extension explains, “Rural communities are feeding the world, and they’re hungry.”

Access to food, expiring government support programs, inflation, and staggering wages are the main contributors. “We’re seeing a lot of first-time clients at food pantries,” Sorrell says.

For more, check out the full article at: https://bit.ly/rural-food-insecurity

Learn how you can help make a difference in counties across Missouri and Illinois at: https://stlfoodbank.org/give-help/

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