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Hunger is growing in Vermont. The rate of Vermonters experiencing food insecurity has gone from 1 in 10 before the pandemic to 1 in 4 today. Last summer, people waited hours in line for mass food distributions around the state, but those distributions are ending. A groundbreaking new program has just launched called Everyone Eats, in which Vermont restaurants are paid to provide food for Vermonters in need, achieving the twin goals of employing food workers and feeding Vermonters. However, this program will end in December unless Congress reauthorizes emergency funding.
John Sayles, CEO of Vermont Foodbank, Anore Horton, executive director of Hunger Free Vermont, and Jean Hamilton, program coordinator for Everyone Eats, discuss the changing face of the hunger crisis and how it is being addressed.
