The administration cut $500 million of aid to U.S. food banks earlier this year, which amounts to 94 million pounds in 4,300 deliveries. This is based on data from the Department of Agriculture. For ProPublica, Ruth Talbot and Nicole Santa Cruz illustrated each canceled delivery with a truck.
The data is itemized down to pounds of food and where it would’ve gone, so each truck represents something tangible. A counter on the top shows how many cancellations you’ve scrolled through.
