“It Feels Like We’re Going Backwards”: Sullivan Fresh Cupboard at Capacity as Food Insecurity Surges

Rising food and housing costs, paired with federal funding cuts, are hitting home. Sullivan Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Community Cupboard reported that emergency calls for food aid have increased 100 percent in the past three months.The Community Cupboard currently delivers to about 700 people each week, including running a 7-days-a-week emergency delivery operation. But with food insecurity on the rise, federal USDA cuts, and proposed Medicaid and SNAP cuts looming –  the organization has reached its capacity limit.Radio Catskill’s Kimberly Izar joined the Sullivan Fresh Cupboard team – who provide sustainable food and service support to hyper-rural communities and food deserts – on their morning route to chat with the team about how they’re navigating an uncertain future.