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Silver Sage expands county’s food distribution

January 20, 2021 - 05:00
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The level of food insecure households has risen significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bandera County. New data suggest that 27 percent (1 in 4 households) currently suffer from some form of food insecurity. Prior to COVID-19, levels of hunger and inadequate food were improving in Texas and Bandera County. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the national average for food insecurity levels peaked at roughly 15 percent in 2011. That level gradually declined to a 20-year low of 10.5 percent in 2019, according to Texas A&M AgriLife. To put this data in perspective, in 2019 The Silver Sage Meals on Wheels program delivered ...

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