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Rising Gas Prices Could Force Food Banks to Scale Back Their Critically Important Work

Car pumping gas at gas pump. Closeup of woman pumping gasoline fuel in car at gas station.

If you’re like basically everybody else in America right now, you’re feeling a serious pinch at the gas pump. Fuel prices are soaring across the country, recently peaking at the highest price — upwards of $4 — since the economic recession of 2008. This steep price hike has been hugely impactful across a variety of industries, from agriculture to transportation, but rising gas prices are especially worrisome for food banks, which often rely on a vast, truck-powered distribution network to get food into the hands of those who need it most.

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