Inflation Strains Food Banks WJBF (Newhouse PKG)

07/21/22
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THE ECONOMY CONTINUES TO FACE AN UPHILL BATTLE WITH INFLATION. REPORTER
ADRIANA LOH IS IN WASHINGTON DC TO EXPLAIN HOW THE INCREASE IN GOODS HAS
PUT A STRAIN ON NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
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ADRIANA LOH/VO: MORE AND MORE AMERICANS ARE TURNING TO LOCAL FOOD
BANKS AS INFLATION SURPASSES THEIR EARNINGS.
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Amy Breitmann/ CEO Golden Harvest Food Bank: “It's spiking recently with just inflation costs
and families trying to make ends meet.”
ADRIANA/VO: C-E-O OF GOLDEN HARVEST FOOD BANK SAYS THE ORGANIZATION HAS
SEEN FIRSTHAND THE IMPACT THIS HAS TAKEN ON THEIR COMMUNITY.
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Amy Breitmann/ CEO Golden Harvest Food Bank: “We run a soup kitchen in downtown
Augusta. And so we daily see and hear the stories of families that are coming to the soup
kitchen for a hot meal.”
ADRIANA/ VO: HIGH PRICES OF GOODS SUCH AS BREAD…MEAT…AND
PRODUCE…HAS LEFT AN EVEN LARGER DEMAND FOR ASSISTANCE.
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Adriana Loh/ Reporter: “Inflation continues to strain the pocketbooks of food banks and
nonprofits that support Georgia’s most vulnerable residents.
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Danah Craft/ Executive Director of Feeding Georgia: “ Community Food Bank distributed more
food in January than they distributed all year. What we're seeing is sort of the lingering impact of
the economic devastation that the pandemic has created for some of these families. And we
need more resources to help.”
ADRIANA/VO: THE ORGANIZATION FEEDING GEORGIA IS CALLING ON CONGRESS TO
RESTORE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF COMMODITY FOODS THAT WERE LOST
WHEN COVID ERA FOOD PROGRAMS ENDED.
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Danah Craft/ Executive Director of Feeding Georgia: “We've been very disappointed that we
don't have more USDA commodities to help respond to this need. We're asking for $900 million
in additional to that foods in the next spending bill in order to help us meet the increased
demand for food.”
ADRIANA/VO: FEEDING GEORGIA CONTINUES TO FIND OTHER DONATED SOURCES TO
FILL THE NEED FOR THE MONTHS OF JULY AND AUGUST, AS THEY COMPETE WITH
GROCERY STORES FOR FOOD SUPPLY.
REPORTING IN WASHINGTON D-C, ADRIANA LOH, WJBF NEWS CHANNEL 6