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Squeezed by prices, pantries ask help

Food banks seek $1 million boost for emergency aid

By David Abel
Globe Staff / May 3, 2008

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The state's four food banks and its hundreds of food pantries, soup kitchens, and shelters are struggling to cope with rising food prices, increasing demand, higher fuel costs, and cuts in the state budget. (Full article: 635 words)

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