Local ministry struggles as healthy foods become more difficult to afford

Local ministry struggles as healthy foods become more difficult to afford

Valerie Ingle is the executive director of Lighthouse Ministries; two times a day, six days a week, they feed those in need. These days, they're doing it will fewer fresh options. "We used to get all this fresh fruit and vegetables, you can go in there and look, but there's only a couple little things on the shelf and that's it," Ingles said. The reason? Increasing prices in fresh produce. The Pew Research Center reports that those on a fixed or…