Southern Utah food pantries brace for rising demand during shutdown; contributions urgently needed

Inflation, shutdown driving residents to food pantries

Area food banks are bracing for continued growing demand as the Trump administration has announced that no federal food aid will be distributed after Nov. 1 amid the ongoing government shutdown.

Southern Utah food pantries brace for rising demand during shutdown; contributions urgently needed

With the federal gov­ernment shutdown put­ting Supplemental Nutri­tion Assistance Program (SNAP) payments on hold for November, food pantries across Utah, including those in rural Southern Utah, are preparing for a sharp increase in need. Photo courtesy Utah Food Bank / Timpanogos Food Bank. The Utah Food Bank, which supports more than 300 partner agencies state­wide, estimates that about 87,000 households, cover­ing roughly 169,000 people, coul…