Rhode Island Food Insecurity Numbers Shoot Up

(Providence, RI)--A new report finds 25-percent of Rhode Islanders are food insecure during the coronavirus pandemic.The RI Community Food Bank released an annual hunger status report on Monday that indicated the percentage jumped up from nine percent in 2019.The pandemic has reportedly driven up food bank requests in Rhode Island by over ten-thousand people a month.

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