Harvesters KC Food Bank Opens Warehouse in Kansas Breadbasket
Time and time again supporters of food assistance programs emphasize the contradiction between growing hunger in the US and vast financial wealth and food resources. Civic, government, and business leaders made comments about this disparity at the official opening of a large Harvesters food bank warehouse today in Topeka serving sixteen counties in eastern Kansas. “Here, in the breadbasket of the most affluent country in the world, we have a substantial number of people who are food insecure,” Kansas First Lady Stacy Parkinson said . “That is just unacceptable.” Civic leaders cut ribbon recognizing the official opening of Harvesters' second food warehouse in Topeka. Douglas Kinsinger with the Topeka Chamber of Commerce asked "What else can we do" to solve this problem but to support food banks and feeding programs. There's no shortage of ideas and action at a local level. One common approach to hunger relief is providing resources for neighbors in nee...