TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Food insecurity is a growing problem since the COVID-19 pandemic. The umbrella organization Feeding Florida has counted close to 700,000 people in the Tampa Bay and Sarasota areas who don’t have access to affordable and nutritious food. These were the latest figures available from 2023.
This year, the Trump Administration ordered USDA to help reduce federal spending by slashing a program that helped food banks purchase locally grown food from farmers. Now, Florida has announced funding for a similar statewide program to help fill the gap.
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Florida Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson, along with state Senate President Ben Albritton, visited Feeding Tampa Bay to announce the Farmers Feeding Florida program.
“We have food insecurity all over this state,” Simpson said…