speaker 12
There’s already people that have to decide between food and their medicine.

olivia natt
Have you ever had to make a choice like that?

speaker 12
A couple of times. A couple of times.

speaker 2
And it wasn’t for this food bank, here about two months ago, if it weren’t for this food bank, me and my little grandson would have starved for about 10 days. We ate mashed potatoes and macaroni for four days out of this food bank. And I wouldn’t have had nothing to eat with that little boy if I hadn’t’ve — and most of the time, I didn’t eat it all because I’d make sure he had something.

anna foley
I’m so sorry.

speaker 2
And yes, it’s very upsetting. You can understand that, right? And I think it’s a sad state of affairs when poor people that are not able to work anymore, and I worked, believe me, my whole life, can’t even get a way to eat.

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Tens of millions of Americans depend on the food-stamp program known as SNAP. Without federal assistance, many of them do not know how they will provide for themselves or their families. “The Daily” visits one of the communities most reliant on food aid.

See also:
https://www.foodbankrockies.org/

Food insecurity is the lack of consistent access to enough nutritious food for an active, healthy life due to a lack of money and other resources. It can lead to reduced food intake, disrupted eating patterns, and severe consequences like hunger, poor health, and developmental issues, especially in children. It can be caused by factors like high food prices, unemployment, conflict, and climate change, and affects various populations disproportionately.

— Google AI

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