Food resources are drying up all around the city of Denver, as more families seek food assistance during the federal government shutdown. That means there's less excess at local food banks that would typically be used to feed the unhoused.

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Amy Beck is among a network of people joining together to collect unwanted or excess food and repurpose it. She's opened up her house and provided refrigerators and freezers as a place for people to drop and receive food.

"This is a mutual aid commissary, where rescued food gets donated and retrieved by people who have kitchens to cook the food for those who don't, as well as to stock community refrigerators," said Brian Loma of GreenLatinos Colorado. "This is a hub, the biggest one in Denver, for the distribution of rescued food that is serve

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