Barriers to food access in the New River Valley
By Josie Sellers, health and wellness reporter
Food is something most of us never think twice about. But according to the Community Foundation of the New River Valley (NRV), roughly one in ten families in the region struggle to get enough to eat. The nonprofit says food insecurity here stems from a tangle of overlapping causes, and that tackling it requires just as many solutions.
In the NRV, there are many reasons why a person or family may be considered food insecure, and many times, t...
Food is something most of us never think twice about. But according to the Community Foundation of the New River Valley (NRV), roughly one in ten families in the region struggle to get enough to eat. The nonprofit says food insecurity here stems from a tangle of overlapping causes, and that tackling it requires just as many solutions.
In the NRV, there are many reasons why a person or family may be considered food insecure, and many times, t...
