More people in Nebraska are waking up hungry, according to a recent report released by “Feeding America,” the nation’s largest hunger-relief organization. Nebraska Public Media’s Dale Johnson talked with Stephanie Sullivan of Food Bank for the Heartland about 2024’s “Map the Meal Gap,” the only study that provides local estimates of food insecurity, and why levels have increased across the Heartland.
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