The Mid-Ohio Food Collective sees 'unprecedented' need across its sites in 20 area counties, with a 40% increase compared to the same time last year.
"Families are skipping meals. Seniors are choosing between food and medicine," Hochron said."Food is that one thing in a family's budget where you can cut corners."Pandemic-related enhanced benefits to low-income families ended earlier this year, with an estimated $25 million per month more now coming out of the grocery budgets of low-income families in the collective's coverage area, Hochron said.
Now,"we're seeing an ever greater number of our neighbors — seniors and kids, a lot of working families — who just don't have the resources to make ends meet," Hochron said.shared a photo of empty warehouse shelves, devoid of the food that feeds those in need. In June 2022, $1 could be used to purchase $5.22 in groceries by the collective. Today, that number has reduced to $4.89, Hochron said.
Much of the food is donated or comes through government programs, Hochron said, and the collective tries to buy things to cover the gaps that result. That can include buying potatoes and onions and other core items.
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