Impacts of the First Year of COVID-19 on Food Security in the New York’s Capital Region

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted people\u27s lives and food systems in the United States and worldwide, resulting in impacts on different aspects of food security. To understand how this has affected households in New York’s Capital Region, we conducted two concurrent anonymous online surveys between October 2020 and February 2021. Combined, 1049 people responded to these surveys. We report on respondents\u27 food security experiences since the COVID-19 pandemic started in New York State (March 7, 2020) compared to the prior year. We further explore the differential impacts of the pandemic on food security experiences by race and ethnicity, household income, job disruptions, and households with and without children