Tag: food insecurity rates

Feeding America’s Map the Meal Gap reports food insecurity rates have increased in southwest Missouri

August 5, 2026 in Food Bank News Uncategorized

Feeding America’s latest Map the Meal Gap study estimates that food insecurity rates have increased from 1 in 5 children and 1 in 6 adults to 1 in 4 children and 1 in 5 adults in Ozarks Food Harvest’s service area. That means an estimated 214,000 people, including 62,000 children, experienced food insecurity in 2024.

Ozarks Food Harvest will lose $3 million in food from USDA cuts this year

July 11, 2025 in Bart's Hope Notes Harvest Time Newsletter

Ozarks Food Harvest will lose an estimated $3 million worth of food this year due to recent USDA cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP). A third of the cancelled orders were protein items like beef, chicken, eggs and pork, which are often the most expensive for us to purchase.