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The lack of regular access to halal meat for about 30 Afghan families who visit the Oakland Food Pantry each month highlights gaps in Pittsburgh’s charitable food system, which is struggling to keep pace with high demand and changing demographics in the region.

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Oakland Food Pantry faces ‘a really tough balance’ between emerging needs, tight supplies, neighborhood norms

The region’s charitable food system strives to meet the needs of refugee populations, including language interpretation and halal food.

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