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Food Banks Facing Major Shortages, Growing Demand

Food Banks Facing Major Shortages, Growing Demand
A volunteer loads a local resident's vehicle at a drive-up produce giveaway organized by a Des Moines food pantry on Aug. 28, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall
Allan Stein
Allan Stein
5/10/2022|Updated: 5/11/2022

The empty shelves at the San Antonio Food Bank show the results of growing demand versus available supply. Still, Eric Cooper, president of the food bank, said he’s “not panicked yet.”

“Yet” seems to be the operative word, Cooper said, as the Texas-based food bank, critical to meeting the nutrition needs of 90,000 individuals each week, monitors the food donation situation closely.

Allan Stein
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Allan Stein is a national reporter for The Epoch Times based in Arizona.
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