As the cost of living in New York City continues to rise, so too does the demand for food assistance, with food pantry visits reaching unprecedented levels. At the helm of City Harvest, the city’s largest food rescue organization, Jilly Stephens is confronting this crisis head-on.
Since 2019, City Harvest has scaled its operations to distribute millions of pounds of fresh food to communities in need, but the demand only grows — a reality that was only further reflected through the a recent report from the USDA which revealed that 8 million families, or 13.5% of U.S. households, struggled to access enough food, marking the highest levels of food insecurity in nearly a decade.
