Last week, C-U Citizen Access‘ Pam Dempsey and Hannah Meisel posted a series of articles on local hunger issues:
- “Food insecurity grows in East Central Illinois,” by Dempsey
Of the food insecure population statewide, 60 percent have incomes above the income limit for SNAP benefits, according to data from the “Map the Meal Gap” project.
- “Food hard to come by for some local residents,” by Meisel
“The food pantries are usually pretty good about giving fruits and vegetables, salad mixes, that kind of thing,” Raab said. “They do also have easy quick foods like canned pastas, boxed meals, but the pantries give a nice balance.”