The Brief
- A new Federal Reserve Bank of New York survey found food insecurity is higher now than during the summer of 2020.
- Positive Impact St. Pete says families line up before sunrise and wait hours for groceries.
- The pantry says many people seeking help are working families struggling with groceries, gas, housing and insurance costs.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – More Americans are struggling to put food on the table than at any point since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
The survey found food insecurity is now more widespread than it was during the summer of 2020, when the pandemic caused double-digit unemployment and forced many families to seek help for the first time.
St. Pete food pantries seeing growing demand
Local perspective:
In St. Petersburg, local food pantries say they are seeing that need firsthand.…