More than 15% of residents in southwest Virginia are “food insecure”

Timothy Martin May 3, 2011 1 minute read

A new study released from Feeding America shows the number of people in southwest Virginia that don’t have enough to eat. News/Talk 960’s Timothy Martin reports.

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