In Rural California, A Man And His Truck Help Feed The Hungry

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Published October 3, 2017 at 1:52 PM EDT

Jeff England delivers food to Trinity County California’s hungriest and most isolated residents. (Lisa Morehouse/KQED)

Trinity County in Northern California is one of the state’s most food insecure regions, meaning many people there don’t know where their next meal is coming from.

Reporter Lisa Morehouse ( @cafoodways) accompanied the county’s food bank director on his 10-hour food delivery route in this isolated region.

This piece was produced in collaboration with the Food & Environment Reporting Network, a nonprofit, investigative news organization.

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