The Food Bank for the Heartland helps to stack the shelves of food banks in 93 counties in Nebraska and western Iowa, and they say there is a growing number of people that are "food insecure" in the region.
Spokesman Brian Barks says a new report pinpoints how many people are food insecure.
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Nebraska and Iowa both rank very low when it comes to unemployment statistics. Barks says that is true but unfortunately many people in this area are underemployed.
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Barks says the partner with the organization Feeding America put together a map that breaks down county-by-county the number of people who are considered food insecure. This report proves there is no boundary when it comes to hunger.
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Barks says a recent trip to Grand Island shows there is a need for services in the more rural areas of the state.
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Barks says they just wrapped up two mobile food banks over the weekend in Wayne and Taylor.
For more information go to http://www.feedingamerica.org.
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