On a hot July morning, Yvette Batham welcomed this reporter into the air-conditioned interior of a small SUV.
Batham, 48, and hundreds of others were waiting in the car line of a food distribution event at the Ocala Rotary Sportsplex. A large truck from Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida had just arrived. Volunteers would soon be helping to distribute the food.
Batham said she’s responsible for feeding nine people at her Ocala-area home. She said her husband started a new business in April and they no longer have his steady paycheck.
They’ve cut the food budget to about $200 every two weeks — or about $11 per person per week…