Second Harvest Community Food Bank wants to improve nutrition in food for the hungry in Northwest Missouri and Northeast Kansas.

Executive director David Davenport says it’ll cost more but it must be done. Davenport says as the community improves access to healthy food for everyone, the entire community benefits, from senior citizens, to the workforce, to schoolchildren.

The effort will begin by including more fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables in the products distributed to food pantries and kitchens.