Grocery Chains And Feeding America Solving Low Food Security
One in eight Americans received emergency food in 2009, up 46 percent from 2006. In the Tampa Bay area it’s one in six, up 27 percent from 2006 and far worse than the one in 10 who needed food assistance in 2002. So on top of canned and dry goods, Feeding America locally added perishables to its service to get more protein. The nonprofit reorganized to gather produce and day-old baked goods from a growing list of chains from Aldi to Walmart. …