Working at the Bed-Stuy Campaign Against Hunger.
On one Tuesday in September, visits to 12 food pantries and soup kitchens in Brooklyn found unique stories of why clients came, and similar reports from operators of rising demand .
From August 2010 to August 2011 the average price of food in the New York metropolitan area increased by nearly 5 percent, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Lunchtime, Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at the Trinity Human Service Center.
Lunchtime, Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at the Bed-Stuy Campaign Against Hunger.
Lunchtime, Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at the Bethany United Methodist Church soup kitchen.
Lunchtime, Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at the Southside Community Mission.
Lunchtime, Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at B’nai Raphael Chesed.
Lunchtime, Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at the Salvation Army.
Lunchtime, Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at the First Mary Magdalene Temple and Seventh Day Pentecostal Church.
Lunchtime, Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at Bread and Life.
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