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Podcast: Eating at a Meeting
Episode: Food Equality: Increasing Access to Free-from Foods
Description: Food Equality Initiative has seen a 300% Increase in Service Requests as a result of COVID-19. There was a need before the pandemic, but it has magnified the need. Eighteen percent of individuals who are visiting food pantries will be visiting them for the first time. The systems the US has in place for vulnerable families with food insecurity are failing the families with special dietary needs. The food is not there. They do not have adequate policies for distribution. From sharing the price differences in the cost of free-from food items to how she is...