- Rising grocery costs and cuts to food assistance are leading more families in Northwest Florida to rely on food pantries as a regular part of their weekly routine.
For more families in Northwest Florida, stopping at a food pantry is no longer an emergency measure. Instead, it has become part of the weekly routine, a stark sign of how rising grocery costs and cuts to food assistance are making it harder for households to remain stable and for local organizations to keep pace.
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At St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Milton, Florida, volunteers distribute produce, baked goods, and meat to about 90 households each week, between roughly 110 and 400 people, according to WEAR-TV…