Michael Coleman | CEO | Montgomery Area Food Bank

The U.S. food security crisis is increasing with each passing day. Assessments propose 23 million people reside in so-called “food deserts”—mostly rural areas where there is little to no access to fresh food, and low-income neighborhoods with poor access to healthy food. The pandemic, which has ushered in over 50 million Americans encountering food insecurity, has demonstrated the drawback in the food system and supply chain resiliency.