The state’s Black and Latinx populations each suffered 10 percent more COVID-19 cases in the first half of 2020 and saw a death rate three times that of white residents.
Even before the pandemic exacerbated the issue, food insecurity has loomed over the United States — an estimated 11.1 percent of American households were food insecure in 2018, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. Now, entrepreneurs and student volunteers are finding creative ways to tackle the issue.
