Asheville NC actually ranks Third in the United States in food hardship. At least, according to a recent study. The problem has only gotten worse as time has gone on. About 24% of people are having a hard time (in Asheville NC) getting enough food to fill the table.
The only two counties that were having a harder time supplying food were Bakersfield and Fresno California. (100 large areas were surveyed). This has gotten even worse from last year where Asheville was the 7th hardest place (which was by no means ever any good).
The MANNA Food Bank is having a terrible time getting enough support to help feed all these people. They will refuse to sit back and let this happen to Asheville, but they need all the support they can get to help them. They have also released a statistic that shows 29.9% of young adults and children under the age of 18 are "food insecure" in Western North Carolina.
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