Food pantries around the state say there’s been a surge in demand as federal SNAP benefits are delayed.

Craig Gordy is with the Oskaloosa Food Pantry, where they gave away almost 5000 pounds of food over a two day period. “Normally, we give about 300 or 400 pounds, so people are stocking up because they know SNAP is not coming,” Gordy said.

Gordy’s food pantry is limited on how much food they can purchase from the Food Bank of Iowa and he appreciates the governor’s recent move to try to spur donations to food banks. “We do have several farmers in the area that have donated whole hogs. They process it and bring it here,” Gordy said. “We have others that grow garden goods that they grow extra.”

Democrats is in the Iowa legislature say the State of Iowa should take immediate action to assi

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