'The helpers need help'. Food banks brace for impact as SNAP cliff looms.

Barbara Sprunt

October 29, 2025 / 12:02 pm

Chris Jones and Mary Ann Edwards have been volunteering at the Llano Food Pantry in central Texas for several years. It's a tight-knit group, where food recipients gather early to chat outside, and community members contribute their own produce.

"The ladies all come in and go, 'guess what I did with those plums I got last time?' We share recipes, we talk and it's like a big family," Edwards said.

Four years ago, the pantry was receiving 15-20 people each week. Now, they say, the number is about a hundred clients every week.

"Right now — and we've been doing this for a while — we limit canned goods," said Jones. "We didn't have to do that in the beginning because we d

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