Nearly half of surveyed students are living on $20 food budgets. Here's how you can help

UNSA president Georgie Cooper with social work student Jamie Federico, who uses the pantry. Picture by Simone De Peak

ALMOST half of students surveyed at the University of Newcastle this year were spending under $20 on food a week.

That amounts to a loaf of bread, one bag of frozen vegetables, a bunch of bananas, some rice, and a packet of chips at most major supermarkets today.