Food Bank Use on Rise in MO
(Local News ~ 03/25/14)
COLUMBIA, Mo. - While unemployment rates are decreasing, the economic recovery still is not trickling down to the dinner table for too many hungry Missourians. Monica Palmer, communications manager, Missouri Food Bank Association, said 2013 was a record-breaking year, with more than 100 million pounds of food distributed across the state - an increase of 23 percent from 2012. ...