Peanut butter and eggs are the two foods “Jennifer”, a senior, would sustain herself on after her income and food stamp benefit runs out each month. Instead, she has become a customer at Community Action Agency of New Haven’s Open Choice Food Pantry. In her case, the recent shortfall in terms of food security came from a reduction in her SNAP benefits. Jennifer said, “if I could not visit the food pantry, I would have to spend money I don’t have on food when I need that money to pay for bills”.
Sadly, Jennifer’s struggle to obtain food security is
