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Hey everyone. If you're looking for a reliably good, local cause to support with your time or donations consider your local food bank. Reuters reports that many food banks across the country are already strained by rising demand and will have less food to distribute because of least $1 billion in federal funding cuts and pauses by the POTUS.

"Hunger in the U.S. has ticked up in recent years with rising inflation and the end of pandemic-era programs that expanded food aid. President Donald Trump's administration has vowed to lower inflation by cutting back on government spending, including two U.S. Department of Agriculture programs that helped schools and food banks buy food from local farms."

"Reuters spoke with food banks in seven states who said cancellation and pauses of the programs meant they expected to offer less produce, meat and other staples in the coming weeks and months, leaving scarcer food for those reliant on free supplies that helped stave off hunger."

"One reason is fewer expected shipments from USDA's The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), one of the agency's core nutrition programs that buys food from farmers and sends it to food pantries, some of the organizations said."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-cuts-hit-struggling-food-101121569.html

https://www.cleveland.com/news/2025/03/too-stupid-for-words-trump-pulls-back-20-semi-trucks-of-food-from-clevelands-food-bank.html