Food Self-Sufficiency

March 16, 2008

It isn’t only the price of gas that has risen in the past few years; grocery inflation has also risen sharply.

Americans Helping Americans - Food

It isn’t just the price of gas that has risen in the past few years; grocery inflation has also risen sharply. Families across America are seeking the least expensive mode to feed their households. This means that many nutritious meals become an infrequent luxury to those who need to stretch their income and therefore, fatty fillers become the primary source of diet among the underprivileged.

Americans Helping Americans® works with local organizations to fill in the gaps in providing healthy meals through food distribution programs.

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