Food insecurity

City of Pensacola staff and Mike Kimberl met Monday afternoon to discuss the weekly meal share at Martin Luther King, Jr. Plaza. This was days after Kimberl, an advocate for homeless issues and co-founder of the Pensacola Food Not Bombs chapter, was arrested and charged for resisting an officer and violating city ordinance — both are misdemeanors.

Between Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, and Walton counties, 24 geographic areas are identified as food deserts, or areas with low income and low access to nutritious food. One northwest Florida man talks about how he and his family are directly impacted by food deserts.