{"id":994891,"date":"2021-11-10T15:14:05","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T20:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=994891"},"modified":"2021-11-10T15:14:09","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T20:14:09","slug":"bidens-soaring-food-costs-strike-the-hungry-at-local-food-banks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-soaring-food-costs-strike-the-hungry-at-local-food-banks\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden&#039;s Soaring Food Costs Strike the Hungry at Local Food Banks"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fbidens-soaring-food-costs-strike-the-hungry-at-local-food-banks%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=994891&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--><p class=\"subheading\">President Joe Biden\u2019s soaring food costs are impacting the hungry at local food banks across the nation.<\/p>\n<p>Food banks, which run off the generosity of American workers in local communities, are having difficulty feeding the hungry due to increased food prices since Biden became president and took over the levers of the supply chain. Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2021\/11\/10\/consumer-prices-soar-6-2\/\">reported<\/a> Tuesday that food costs increased almost one percent last month and 5.3 percent in the last year.<\/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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2021\/11\/10\/bidenflation-for-breakfast-milk-cereal-bacon-eggs-muffins-juice-and-coffee-prices-soar\/\">rising<\/a> food costs have exacerbated local panties\u2019 ability to feed hungry Americans who rely on private charity to eat. For instance, an organization that helps support local food banks, Feeding America, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/news\/2021\/10\/12\/us-food-banks-hunger-insecurity-covid-pandemic-\">said<\/a> their partners are distributing 31 percent more food to the hungry in 2021 than in 2020.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18680498\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"36\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/11\/wi\/ap\/09\/biden-infrastructure-president-joe-biden-speaks-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill-dinning-of-th.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18680498 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/biden-infrastructure-president-joe-biden-speaks-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill-dinning-of-th-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Associated Press\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>President Joe Biden speaks about the bipartisan infrastructure bill in the State Dining Room of the White House, on Nov. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Alex Brandon)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A food bank in Oakland <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wokv.com\/news\/us-food-banks\/BSMNGD3GVIZR6YPFOKU7F5YJQY\/\">told<\/a> the Associated Press the cost of basic canned foods has drastically increased. Canned green beans and peaches are more costly by 9 percent, canned tuna and frozen tilapia by 9 percent, frozen chickens by 13 percent, and dry oatmeal by 17 percent.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAnd a lot of people are just saying they can\u2019t afford food,\u201d Jason Bautista of&nbsp;Shiloh Mercy House in Oakland said. \u201cI mean they have the money to buy certain things, but it\u2019s just not stretching.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Food bank CEO Erin Pulling in Colorado <a href=\"https:\/\/denver.cbslocal.com\/2021\/11\/09\/colorado-food-banks-less-food-shortage\/\">told<\/a> CBS4 her organization is spending 15 percent more on eggs, 30 percent more on canned foods, and 35 percent more on beef.&nbsp;\u201cOur challenge is it is costing us more money than we imagined and more money than we ever spent on food before,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Pilsen Food Pantry in Chicago has to sometimes <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/supply-chain-issues-2021-food-banks-prices-demand-for\/11217036\/\">close<\/a> the bank\u2019s doors early because Biden\u2019s supply chain crisis cannot keep up with increasing demand from the hungry.&nbsp;\u201cThat might mean closing the doors one day early,\u201d said manager Steve Wiley about the supply chain crisis. \u201cCooking oil is really expensive right now and there are definite supply chain issues with that so I believe I have nine cases of oil coming tomorrow it might just not show up. And there\u2019s nothing anybody can do about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Fort Wayne, Indiana,&nbsp;Linda Hansen, the food bank director at Wellspring Interfaith Social Services <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wane.com\/news\/local-news\/supply-chain-crisis-leaving-shelves-at-fort-wayne-food-banks-thin\/\">told<\/a> 15 CBS it takes three or four months to receive a shipment of food.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of places that we order food from are saying that it\u2019s three to four months out before we can even get it,\u201d Walker explained. \u201cWe then have to depend on volunteers and donations to come in to help fill in that gap\u2026 if we continue the process that we\u2019re in, it\u2019s going to be a detriment to to everyone, not having enough truck drivers to get the product.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Michael Altfest of&nbsp;Alameda County Community Food Bank in Oakland, California, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/news\/2021\/10\/12\/us-food-banks-hunger-insecurity-covid-pandemic-\">told<\/a> Spectrum News that Biden\u2019s supply chain crisis hurt the hungry, noting help is not expected \u201cfor a while.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThings are not getting any easier here for low- and moderate-income households, and we don\u2019t expect it to for a while,\u201d Altfest said.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Wendell Huseb\u00f8 on Twitter&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WendellHusebo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\"><em>@WendellHuseb\u00f8<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden\u2019s soaring food costs are impacting the hungry at local food banks across the nation. 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