{"id":1400865,"date":"2022-03-25T16:45:10","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T20:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1400865"},"modified":"2022-03-25T16:45:14","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T20:45:14","slug":"bidenflation-strains-food-banks-as-food-insecurity-rises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidenflation-strains-food-banks-as-food-insecurity-rises\/","title":{"rendered":"Bidenflation Strains Food Banks as Food Insecurity Rises"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbidenflation-strains-food-banks-as-food-insecurity-rises%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1400865&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Food banks are feeling strains from inflated prices and increased demand, while President Joe Biden says a food shortage that is \u201cgoing to be real\u201d looms.<\/p>\n<p>Food insecurity numbers have been on the rise since at least late Summer 2021, the <em>Washington Post<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2022\/03\/21\/food-bank-need-surges-with-inflation\/\">reported<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/programs-surveys\/household-pulse-survey\/data.html\">citing<\/a> the U.S. Census Bureau Household Pulse Survey, which compiles and releases data \u201con how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted people\u2019s lives.\u201d In early August, the survey <a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/data\/tables\/2021\/demo\/hhp\/hhp34.html\">showed<\/a> that about eight percent of Americans who responded said they either \u201csometimes\u201d or \u201coften\u201d did not have enough to eat.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The number <a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/data\/tables\/2022\/demo\/hhp\/hhp42.html\">climbed<\/a> to ten percent by early February, with thirteen percent of households with children reporting they either \u201csometimes\u201d or \u201coften\u201d did not have enough to eat.<\/p>\n<p><span>Inflation has sent the Consumer Price Index up a whopping 7.9 percent over the past year\u00a0\u2014 \u201cthe largest 12-month increase since the period ending July 1981,\u201d the Bureau of Labor Statistics <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/news.release\/cpi.nr0.htm\">said<\/a> in its February report, released March 10.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>What is more, on Thursday, President Joe Biden said that a food shortage looms, stemming from sanctions imposed on Russia.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/24\/joe-biden-food-shortages-going-be-real-russia-war-ukraine\/\">reported<\/a>:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going to be real,\u201d Biden said when asked about discussions with world leaders about food shortages.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out that Russia and Ukraine were considered the \u201cbreadbasket of Europe,\u201d\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atlanticcouncil.org\/blogs\/econographics\/putins-invasion-of-ukraine-could-spark-a-global-food-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">producing<\/a>\u00a0nearly a third of wheat exports around the world. Biden also previewed tough times ahead for food supplies across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe price of these sanctions is not just imposed upon Russia; it\u2019s imposed upon an awful lot of countries, as well, including European countries and our country, as well,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Biden\u2019s announcement comes at a time when most \u201cfood banks say food purchase costs are up, and they\u2019re also<b>\u00a0<\/b>paying more for transportation and distribution, while reporting<b>\u00a0<\/b>labor shortages,\u201d while food bank officials have reported increased demand, the <em>Post<\/em> wrote.<\/p>\n<p><span>Chad Higdon, CEO of Second Harvest Community Food Bank in St Joseph, Missouri,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kq2.com\/news\/food-banks-feeling-impact-of-rising-food-costs\/article_1ea8ac38-ab97-11ec-8ba1-ffc49b93c955.html\">told<\/a> KQ2 that he had seen a substantial increase in costs over the past six months.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cEven just looking at these last six months, compared to the previous six months, we\u2019re seeing about a 10% increase in food and transportation costs,\u201d he told the outlet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He added that family demand is still high, and the organization is working to meet needs with less to offer and increased expenses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSo we\u2019re still seeing high volume of families that are that are coming to our mobile food pantries that really are looking for that additional support,\u201d Higdon said. \u201cBut we\u2019re trying to figure out now how to really respond with with less resources and more expenses to really get to meet the need.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The <em>Post<\/em> reports:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told The Washington Post that $100 million in new grants has been\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fns.usda.gov\/tefap\/reach-resiliency-grant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">made available<\/a>\u00a0to the Emergency Food Assistance Program state agencies, and that the USDA has the purchasing power through a separate program<b>\u00a0<\/b>to supplement the commodities that food banks need. Vilsack said he understands food banks are facing difficult situations.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cWe can always take a look at purchasing food. But what we\u2019ve got here is a situation where we have lots of demand and unstable supply,\u201d Vilsack noted. \u201cWe\u2019re addressing the supply chain issue, but that\u2019s going to take time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Food banks are feeling strains from inflated prices and increased demand, while President Joe Biden says a food shortage that is \u201cgoing to be real\u201d looms. 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