Rural IA Food Banks Seeing Spike in Demand

Why there's more demand in rural areas and how the Food Bank of Iowa is adapting to meet it.

...RURAL AREAS HAVEBEEN HIT THEHARDEST ...A LACK OF GROCERYSTORES HAS MADEFOOD INSECURITY AREALITY..BUT THEORGANIZATION HASENLISTED THE HELPOF CHURCHES ANDOTHER FAITH BASEDORGANIZATIONSACROSS THE STATE.THEY ARE EXTENDINGTHE REACH OF THEIREMERGENCY FOODASSEMBLY AS ITSEXISTING 625AGENCIES WORK TOPROCESS INCREASINGDISTRIBUTION...AS BUSINESSES ININDUSTRY STARTINGTO SHUT DOWNACROSS THE STATE,ANDUNEMPLOYMENTCLAIMS STARTED TOBE FILED PEOPLEREALIZED THAT THISWAS GOING TO BEWEEKS, IF NOTMONTHS, 550 THEORDERS FROM OURAGENCIES STARTEDTO COME IN,DOUBLE, TRIPLE FIVETIMES WHERE THEYNORMALLYORDEREDMICHELLE BOOKWANTS TO REMINDIOWANS TO REACHOUT FOR HELPTHROUGH THE FOODBANK OF IOWA IF THEYFIND THEMSELVES INNEED.THE COR