Food Insecurity in Greater Boston

with Catherine D'Amato of the Greater Boston Food Bank

"We've never seen such a rapidsurge in food insecurity" says Catherine D'Amato, President and CEO of the Greater Boston Food Bank. Since the pandemic the GBFB has gone from a million pounds offood out the door weekly to 2.5million pounds of food.

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Dec 14, 2020

Hosted by: Jenny Johnson
Produced by: Greater Boston Newsmakers Team
#Massachusetts #General Interest #Health #Local
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