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<\/a><\/p>\nBy Chis Berry\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The USDA\u2019s Commodity Supplemental Food Program<\/strong><\/a> has been put on hold due to the partial government shutdown. Seniors are extremely scared where their next meal will come from. Consider Michigan\u2019s Kent County for example, where more than 1,300 low-income seniors depend on the program.<\/p>\n (Related:\u00a0The Metabolic Cerebral Imaging in Incipient Dementia study<\/a>)<\/p>\n While many of these seniors utilize Social Security to cover expenses like utilities and insurance, they depend on the government food program for their meals. People like Bill Anderson, 81, and his wife, June, 83, who have depleted their savings paying for medical emergencies. They depend on weekly deliveries of nutritionally balanced surplus food.<\/p>\n “The pantry gives you food, but not really enough to put in your refrigerator,” June Anderson says.<\/p>\n “I would get out and beg before I’d let us go hungry,” Bill Anderson adds<\/p>\n To qualify for the program you must be over 60 with an annual income under $15,000. (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Chis Berry\u00a0 The USDA\u2019s Commodity Supplemental Food Program has been put on hold due to the partial government shutdown. Seniors are extremely scared where their next meal will come from. Consider Michigan\u2019s Kent County for example, where more than…<\/span><\/p>\n