February 4, 2025 by Alexander Schmidt for KAAL-TV (ABC 6 News) — Since losing their local grocer, the small north Iowa town of Grafton is finding itself on the front lines in the battle against food insecurity. It is an issue being seen across the State of Iowa as according to Feeding America, around 344,000 people are facing hunger in Iowa with about 110,000 of those people being children. That breaks down to one in nine people and one in six children being in need of food.
