Amy Beros and Liz Reasoner discuss NC’s growing food insecurity during Hunger Awareness month
Hunger in North Carolina is worsening due to rising prices and cuts to federal food assistance. Approximately one in seven residents are now considered food insecure. These figures have grown over the last five years and currently surpass rates seen during the pandemic.
Thanks to soaring prices and big cuts to federal food assistance, hunger is quickly growing worse across North Carolina. The latest conservative estimate is that one out of seven North Carolinians is “food insecure” – a number that’s way up in just the last five years and now even higher than during the pandemic. […]
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