LOS ANGELES – Food Forward , in partnership with the YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles and L.A. Care Health Plan , announces an emergency expansion of its community produce distribution network to respond to unprecedented hunger and instability caused by the suspension of essential federal nutrition funding and cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

This rapid-response expansion will scale up Food Forward’s fresh produce distributions by an additional 2.4 million servings of fruits and vegetables (600,000 pounds) in November alone, sending even more fresh fruits and vegetables directly into neighborhoods across Los Angeles County. This represents a historic increase in scope and urgency: Food Forward and the YMCA have worked together for five years to

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