lines across the country, americans struggling and remember what feeding america told us months ago. i ve never witnessed a system being more strained. reporter: and tonight hi, david. reporter: reminding everybody we cannot forget the need. unfortunately the food crisis persists. we re especially concerned about the holidays and the winter ahead. about 40% of the people who are turning to us for help have never before relied upon the charitable food system. reporter: and right here tonight, the young people hey, david. hi, david. reporter: answering the call, the college students starting farmlink. connecting farmers forced to discard spoiled food and milk with food banks. hi, david. reporter: we remember aidan riley with 40,000 pounds of potatoes. we are working to load them into a truck. reporter: for food banks in california. hey, david. reporter: idaho potato farmer, doug hess. i d like to thank them farmlink for helping me move potatoeses tha