Amy Beros and Liz Reasoner discuss NC’s growing food insecurity during Hunger Awareness month
Amy Beros and Liz Reasoner (Courtesy photos)
Thanks to soaring prices and big cuts to federal food assistance, hunger is quickly growing worse across North Carolina. The latest conservative estimate is that one out of seven North Carolinians is “food insecure” – a number that’s way up in just the last five years and now even higher than during the pandemic. How did we get into this situation, how are food aid organizations trying to respond, and what more should all of us be doing? Recently, as part of Hunger Awareness Month, Newsline explored those questions and more in a special extended…
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