Another student, named Christine Adler, toured the Virginia Food Bank and told me, “It was very cool”. “At first it looked like any old warehouse”, she said. She said people there would put bags of food on a large cart, and weigh their food. The group of students went into a freezing room which was -10 degrees Fahrenheit, and contained ice cream. I asked Christine if she learned any interesting statistics, and she replied, “I learned that 40% of Petersburg children are living below poverty level. 38% of Richmond children live below poverty level. The Virginia Food bank said they give away 12 million pounds of food each year. An average adult eats one pound of food per meal, and a child eats one-half pound of food per meal”.
-Maya Earls
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