Already the need is greater than what food banks have on hand, said Shannon Oliver, the director of operations at the Oregon Food Bank. New Mexico consistently ranks among the poorest states in the nation, and it has more food bank distribution sites than full-service grocery stores, according to data provided by the USDA and Roadrunner Food Bank. Vivian Santiago relies on food banks in part because her federal food benefits aren’t enough to cover increased grocery prices. Patricia Parker says she’d go days without food if not for the supplies she got from a food bank. Feeding America, a national nonprofit association of food banks and other organizations, estimates that for every meal its food banks provide, SNAP provides nine.