Dare to Care food bank’s director of communications, Alexus Richardson, spoke with LPM’s Bill Burton about some of the causes of food insecurity. Alexus Richardson: Oftentimes, people will confuse food insecurity with hunger. Food insecurity is when you don't have access to the resources that you need to fuel your body. More and more people are looking to their local food pantries to help them budget for the week. We hear all the time that people are growing their own foods, they're carpooling to food pantries, taking food to their neighbors who can't get out.