Nearly a week after SNAP benefits dried up and more than a month since the federal government shutdown, the lines are getting longer at food banks and distributions.
"The volume that's coming through our food lines, whether it be our warehouse, through our partner agencies, through our community food distribution events, is definitely increasing," says Farm Share CEO Stephen Shelley.
He adds, as more turn to them, at the same time, USDA funding has ended, "Just from July alone, our food supply - the resources that we're receiving from a food standpoint - have decreased by 28%."
Today Farm Share is teaming up with the Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County and the Consortium for a Healthier Miami-Dade for a first come, first served drive-through food distribution at the Ronnie E. Tookes West Perrine Health Center at 18255 Homestead Avenue.
Click here for a calendar of upcoming Farm Share food distributions.