Food banks have two fundamental, destabilizing problems that are getting worse: The food is getting more expensive The diesel to deliver the food is getting more expensive With just a few weeks remaining until a highly-anticipated midterm election, the cost crisis is worse than some elected leaders " including President Trump " are acknowledging. A week of interviews and food pantry visits by Scott MacFarlane Reports reveals the depths of the problem. Some of the reality is masked by Trump's claims that the economy is the greatest in history, in the "hottest country in the world." A newly-released study called the "Hunger Report", produced by a Washington, D.C.-based food bank group had an alarming diagnosis: "The state of food security more broadly is deteriorating."