An important conversation with Anne Belyea, Executive Director of the Laguna Food Pantry, and Harald Herrmann, CEO of Second Harvest Food Bank, about addressing the needs of families, some of whom are facing food insecurity for the first time in their lives. We discuss the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the sheer numbers this past year, as well as addressing the root causes of hunger, and try to deepen the understanding of systematic inequities impacting marginalized communities.