On today’s episode of The Confluence: Heading into the holidays, the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank is seeing increased costs for food and transportation, but is still able to meet the community’s need; Amazon is looking to develop a distribution center in Churchill, but it’s causing tension among residents; and the challenges new farmers face finding and purchasing land.
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank spending 'almost 30% more' on food purchases
![The farm bill proposes a $1 billion cut to food stamps, which would affect nearly 850,000 struggling families who already depend on food banks like the Alameda County Community Food Bank in Oakland, Calif.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/b7d164d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5616x3154+0+0/resize/880x494!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2014%2F01%2F30%2Fimg_1840_wide-1b5ab43fb0eba15c25fece23421e25d8d83550b0.jpg)
Antonio Mena
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Courtesy of Alameda County Community Food Bank