Food banks across the US, from New Mexico to Oregon to Illinois, are seeing massive increases in demand as the unprecedented federal nutrition aid cuts that [the GOP] President signed into law last summer take hold, stripping benefits from millions of Americans amid elevated grocery costs—a recipe for disaster.

“Our freezers are getting empty,” Eddie Nelson, the manager of a food bank in Dallas, Oregon…[told a] Public Broadcasting reporter earlier this week. … [&] noted that the line for the food bank “stretches out the door and around the corner at the end of the month, when federal food stamp benefits dry up and families struggle to fill their pantries.”

  • Malyca@lemmy.zip
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    16 days ago

    I’ve been donating what I can every month, I hope others are too. Monetary donations are the most effective because they have deals with retailers to buy in bulk for better prices.

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    16 days ago

    The red mooch states are so fucked.

    Their hospitals are closing at unprecedented rates. Food assistance is coming to an end.

    Blue states that actually pay more to the federal government should probably be fine as they can more likely reallocate funds as necessary.

    The red States will have problems getting blood from a stone.