As KING 5 reported, Washington food distribution leaders previously predicted a “hunger cliff": a high demand for food and basic essentials after half a million Washington households lost their federal food assistance March 1. After federal SNAP funds, one visitor to Northwest Harvest's Community Market said Monday that the grocery shelves are not what they used to be. “It’s almost empty," the man told KING 5. "There’s a lot of people coming in now.” There's a long list of reasons for that, according to Northwest Harvest leaders. Firstly, pandemic-era SNAP benefits ended last month. Read the full story here: https://www.king5.com/article/news/end-federal-snap-benefits-food-bank-relief-28-million/281-cd9dd8e1-b53c-4f7d-8904-393adf5c3fd5