More than 500,000 people in Orange County and 2 million people in LA County are food-insecure.  Hunger affects the old and young alike, including families with children, seniors with fixed incomes, veterans, people with disabilities, jobless, and those who are houseless.

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The majority of these are the working poor who struggle to feed their families, or seniors on fixed incomes who simply do not have enough to meet their needs.  Due to the soaring cost of living in Southern California even those families with 2 incomes often can’t make ends meet. These people face the difficult decision between food and other life necessities on a regular basis and we believe strongly that this shouldn’t happen.  Especially when we are wasting up to 40% of our food supply.