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Sholes & Miller Strengthens the Community by Supporting Dutchess Outreach’s Local Food Access Programs

10.5% of U.S. households were food insecure2 in 2019. That number has been estimated to have doubled during the current COVID-19 health crisis3. In Dutchess County alone, 26,130 individuals suffer from food insecurity. That’s 8.8% of the population1. In the language of the federal government, food insecurity is defined as when a person or a family has ā€œlimited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods or limited or uncertain ability to acquire food in socially acceptable ways.ā€ The need for local food assistance has been exacerbated by widening income inequality.

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