Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank

Pittsburgh City Council heard from more than 30 speakers Wednesday about the city's issues with food inequities. Many called on members to establish a food justice fund.

On today’s episode of The Confluence: We learn why a printer error is holding up the processing of 16,000 ballots in Lancaster County; although 90% of incarcerated Pennsylvanians are vaccinated, COVID-19 restrictions persist at state prisons; and a look at how the local food bank is reacting to the continual rise in food prices, and how it’s affecting their clients and services. Today’s guests include: Gillian McGoldrick, Harrisburg bureau chief for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Danielle Ohl, investigative reporter with Spotlight PA; and Josh Murphy, director of supply chain strategy at the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank.

The approaching end of pandemic-era school meal rules will mean fewer free school lunches for children starting this summer, advocates say.

A lack of transportation is often a barrier to people accessing healthy foods.

The Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank will supply boxes of shelf-stable food for first responders and social workers to share with residents in crisis.

The Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank will receive $1,241,740 to expand its cold storage infrastructure. Through the American Rescue Plan, Pennsylvania will distribute more than $11 million to food banks in every county.

On today’s episode of The Confluence: Heading into the holidays, the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank is seeing increased costs for food and transportation, but is still able to meet the community’s need; Amazon is looking to develop a distribution center in Churchill, but it’s causing tension among residents; and the challenges new farmers face finding and purchasing land.

In 1982, Gail Robbins was a social worker in need of a job, when a friend and former co-worker suggested she seek work part-time at Pittsburgh’s fledgling…

On today's program: The Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank is seeing food insecurity peak in the pandemic, as it celebrates 40 years of service; NPR…

Food insecurity has increased by more than 40 percent in southwestern Pennsylvania, largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic impact,…