SNAP cuts, soaring food costs and rising hunger grip Oregon families

The shelves in the food bank in Dallas, Oregon, are stocked with canned tuna, ramen, rice and beans, tortilla chips and more. Fresh fruit — peaches, plums, bananas, cantaloupe — cover a table beside bags of hot dog buns.

But taped to a wall is a list with items crossed out, signaling what’s gone: shredded chicken, garlic knots, chile verde.

“Usually it’s pretty full,” said food bank manager Eddie Nelson as she opened a beef freezer. “But as you can tell our freezers are getting empty.”…

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