The Cost of Food Going Up

Being food insecure is becoming ever more common and ever present for roughly a fifth of households nationwide. Demand for food relief is often outstripping what organisations can supply. Food becomes the thing that people are sacrificing in order to meet other financial needs. A lot of our most essential expenses, things like electricity, go up at a faster rate than inflation meaning we are being hit hardest out of anyone in the community. Go to any farmer's market today and the prices are far out of reach for anyone living in poverty or in the lower tax brackets.