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In the 16 counties the food bank serves, over half of the residents are living paycheck-to-paycheck.

The state’s largest food bank will distribute free food starting at 8 a.m. Saturday while supplies last. The event follows damaging tornadoes and other severe weather.

Florida lawmakers are considering a pilot program to help curb food insecurity. A proposal would help charities like food banks get discounted prices for fresh food.

The new counties have high poverty levels

The money will be used to expand and improve the organization's food distribution in its 16-county serving area.

Volunteers load boxes of food -- supplied by Second Harvest, Farm Share, Publix and others -- into a line of vehicles that come to Victory House every other Saturday

The network of food banks has entered into a contract with the state Department of Children and Families to do Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) education, teaching people to cook and store the food they're getting.

Covid-19 stretched food banks thin across the state, as Floridians lost their jobs and businesses. The food banks somehow adjusted. Now unemployment is low, but inflation and supply-chain issues are driving a new wave of need.

Food banks somehow rose to the occasion when Covid-19 put Floridians out of work. But now they have to deal with inflation, too.

Traffic was unusually heavy for the last Second Harvest food distribution before the Thanksgiving holiday.