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PHOENIX, Jan. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Even before the COVID-19 pandemic nearly one in four households across the United States were facing food insecurity, and according to Feeding America®, in 2020, more than 50 million in America may have faced hunger because of the pandemic. Despite the national attention to food insecurity, pet food insecurity is another crisis that looms beneath the surface.
As more people have turned to food pantries and other charitable organizations to help feed their families, wait times can be hours long and resources can be stretched to their limits, forcing many people to go home empty-handed. In many instances, pet parents who are battling food insecurity are then fac