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Central Texas Food Bank launches Bell County needs assessment, finds 1 in 5 food insecure
Summary
Central Texas Food Bank briefed commissioners on an early-stage multi‑county food‑system needs assessment for Bell and Coryell counties, flagging a roughly 20% food‑insecurity rate in Bell County and gaps in fresh‑produce production and charitable service hours.
Central Texas Food Bank representatives on Monday described the early results of a Bell County needs assessment they are conducting with local partners, reporting that roughly one in five Bell County residents are food insecure and that charitable food providers face gaps in access to fresh produce and service hours.
Tracy Earhart, vice president of research and strategic partnerships for Central Texas Food Bank, told the commissioners the food bank serves the region from a main warehouse and a new Waco facility and that in the bank’s 21‑county service area it moves large volumes of food (the presentation cited 74,000,000 pounds sourced last year) and serves tens of thousands weekly. “We serve about 93,000 people…
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