Amy Beros and Liz Reasoner discuss NC’s growing food insecurity during Hunger Awareness month

By: Clayton Henkel

Outlets: North Carolina Newsline

Published: September 14, 2026

Words: 300

Last Updated: 3 days, 18 hours ago

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Thanks to soaring prices and big cuts to federal food assistance, hunger is quickly growing worse across North Carolina. The latest conservative estimate is that one out of seven North Carolinians is “food insecure” – a number that’s way up in just the last five years and now even higher than during the pandemic. How did we get into this situation, how are food aid organizations trying to respond, and what more should …

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