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Barbara Monaco<p>Yearly, about 50 million people in the US use the services of a food bank or food pantry. There is something terribly wrong with a wealthy country, one of the world's top ten, whose people can't afford to feed themselves.<br>Trump regime is exacerbating food insecurity in the US.<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/foodinsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foodinsecurity</span></a> <br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/hungerinamerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hungerinamerica</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/americas-looming-food-bank-crisis-2060852" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newsweek.com/americas-looming-</span><span class="invisible">food-bank-crisis-2060852</span></a></p>
morgandawn<p>&quot;A gallon of milk, a dozen eggs, a loaf of bread, a pound of chicken: That may be all the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/groceries" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>groceries</span></a> some <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Californians" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Californians</span></a> can buy each month with their <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CalFresh" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CalFresh</span></a> benefits now that emergency federal pandemic funds that boosted food benefits have ended.&quot;</p><p>1/n</p><p>Paywall article, excerpt from the summary they provide in their newsletter</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/FoodStamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FoodStamps</span></a><br /><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/HungerInAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HungerInAmerica</span></a><br /><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SNAP" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SNAP</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/03/04/its-going-to-be-devastating-end-of-emergency-food-benefits-expected-to-impact-millions-of-californians" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mercurynews.com/2023/03/04/its</span><span class="invisible">-going-to-be-devastating-end-of-emergency-food-benefits-expected-to-impact-millions-of-californians</span></a></p>