Covid-19 Employment Disruption & Missing Meal Analysis Update

May 05, 2020

Feeding Florida commissioned Mari Gallagher Research & Consulting Group (MG) – a firm with expertise in hunger, the economy, and statistical models – to conduct a COVID-19 employment disruption analysis at small geographic units across Florida as a pathway to understand and address the additional need for charitable feeding during this crisis. The analysis estimates how many additional workers have or soon will become unemployed or furloughed without pay as a result of the pandemic. Results are pinpointed for over 11,400 hyper local areas across Florida. Additionally, Feeding Florida commissioned an update of MG’s Meal Deficit Metric model to account for the employment disruption of COVID-19, also at these same small pinpointed areas. Watch our website for more information. <a class="button" href="https://www.feedingflorida.org/cms/resources/blog/may-7-2020-executive-summary.pdf" target="_blank">Download Executive Summary PDF Now</a> <a class="button" href="https://www.feedingflorida.org/cms/resources/admin/florida-map-guide.pdf">Download Florida Map Guide</a>

More Than a Meal

June 11th, 2026

How Florida Food Banks Are Training Neighbors for New Careers Feeding Florida’s network of food banks recognizes that hunger is a problem that food alone cannot solve. To truly help, they all look at the root causes of why people are hungry in the first place. With this, the food banks have become a model […]

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Florida’s Voice: Wilton Simpson declares 2026 ‘The Year of the Farmer’ as state budget delivers historic ag funding

June 2nd, 2026

June 2, 2026 By Michelle Vecerina TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson on Tuesday detailed a sweeping series of agricultural funding victories and policy protections included in the state’s newly passed fiscal year 2026-2027 budget, declaring 2026 “The Year of the Farmer.” The state budget delivers hundreds of millions of dollars toward […]

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The Florida Senate: State Budget Includes $38 Million for Farmers Feeding Florida

May 29th, 2026

$76 million over two years connects Florida farmers to families in need of fresh food Tallahassee–House Bill (HB) 5001E, Florida’s balanced budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year, passed earlier today, includes $38 million in funding to address food insecurity and support Florida farmers, both key priorities of Senate President Ben Albritton (R-Wauchula). With $76 million […]

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