According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), more than 38 million Americans, including 12 million children, face food insecurity on an ongoing basis. Defined as “a lack of consistent access to enough food for every person in a household to live an active, healthy life,” food insecurity impacts every community in the United States, both urban and rural. The supply chain challenges created during the pandemic and the current war between Russia and Ukraine–as well as the resulting inflationary pressures–are expected to aggravate the problem across the nation.

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