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WGLT Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton talks with Midwest Food Bank COO and CFO Eric Hodel during a visit Tuesday to the Normal facility. The COVID-19 pandemic isn't over, and neither is the increased community need for food. Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton visited the Midwest Food Bank (MFB) in Normal on Tuesday to discuss the continuing challenge of food insecurity, which has been exacerbated by the pandemic. Stratton said state data show food insecurity has more than doubled in Illinois since COVID hit. She said the situation is far worse for some of the most vulnerable populations. “Food insecurity ...

USDA USDA looks to future of Farmers to Families Food Box program and way to improve upon distribution of fresh foods. Although many celebrated the downward trends in food insecurity in the decade leading up to 2020, without question the pandemic catapulted more families into food insecurity, shared Eric Hodel, chief operating and chief financial officer for the Midwest Food Bank in Normal, Illinois, during a House Agriculture Committee hearing on food insecurity March 11. Midwest Food Bank helped distribute over 1 million boxes in 2020 through the Farmers to Familie...