"Kim Jamerson thinks 'it's just a shame' to have enough food, but not be able to get it to the people in need. 'A woman who's got two kids how can she live on unemployment, go into a grocery store and pay 90 cents for a cucumber? She just can't do that.'
Part of the problem is that it takes labor to move produce from one place to another, and people are still figuring out who will pay for that."
~ D. Charles
"Food Shortages? Nope, Too Much Food In The Wrong Places"
"Jamerson says she can't afford to pay workers to pick a crop that will be donated. She wants the government to step in, provide workers or the money to pay them, and make sure food gets to where it's needed. 'The government could send the food to the hospitals, the rest homes, to the food banks, to the churches,' she says."
~ D. Charles
"NPR on Twitter: 'As farmers dump the food they usually sell to restaurants, food banks are struggling to feed the spike in people who can't afford groceries."
https://mobile.twitter.com/npr/status/1246302481350561792
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