by: Renee Umsted (Fort Worth)
 
The Tarrant Area Food Bank has seen the number of people needing food rise by 40% since the pandemic emerged — this is, in part, a result of people suddenly losing their jobs and not having a reserve of food.  
 
“This is the most consequential pandemic of the century,” TAFB CEO Julie Butner says. “Nobody expected this to hit when it hit.”
 
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