Food banks hit by supply shortage
For many of New Haven’s homeless and poor, chicken dinner at soup kitchens every night is a sign of bad times.
A shortage in food-bank supplies, which has resulted in scantier offerings for the poor and hungry nationwide, has hit home locally, New Haven hunger advocates said. As Congress debates a farm bill that experts say has the potential to increase access to food stamps and surplus food, local advocates said they have been working to cope in continuing to feed Elm City residents in the face of what may develop into a long-term struggle — a problem exacerbated by the current...
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