Economic pressures bearing down on food pantries and the families they serve

The same economic pressures that are impacting households, are impacting the food pantries that serve those families.

KMOX’s Megan Lynch visited one St. Louis organization doing what it can to keep food on the table.

“Overall we are able to give our agencies about 20% less food than what we were giving six months ago,” says Kristin Wild, President and CEO of Operation Food Search. The hunger relief organization, based in St. Louis, works with dozens of agencies in Missouri and Illinois. Learn more.