Lowcountry hunters put food on the table as SNAP benefits run out

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) – South Carolinians have been hunting in the woods of Charleston for hundreds of years, feeding their communities and providing for their families.

Now, with grocery stores on every corner, hunting is no longer the mainstay it once was, but hunters are still putting meat on the table.

“You know, it’s surprising. Near the end of the season, we definitely get a good rush of more meat being donated. These are people who have filled their freezers, and they want to do good in the community. They’ve heard about us, and so they bring their harvest to Cordray’s,” Trey Hopkins, chair of the local chapter of Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry, said…

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