Despite data today showing an ease in inflation, President Trump's tariffs mean Americans can expect to see even higher food prices in the near future, on items ranging from coffee to fruits to cheese.

That comes at a time when food banks nationwide are reporting record levels of need, and after the U.S. Department of Agriculture last month,

halted more than $500 million in deliveries to those food banks. Dima Zane reports.

Empty shelves, an unusual scene in a normally stocked warehouse.

What we were expecting to be about 55 tractor trailers worth of food, and we just heard a couple of

weeks ago that half of those will no longer be on their way to us.

These vacant racks stand out in Washington, D.C.'s Capital Area Food Bank.

A 123,000 square foot building where staff store inventory and pull orders for delivery to more than 400 regional

partners. Radha Mathaya is the Food Bank's president and CEO. She says the recent USDA cuts made a deep

impact here. 670,000 meals worth the food that we now have to scramble to look for other

sources of food to be able

to try and at least partially bridge that gap.

I understand evaluating these programs.

Every administration does that.

We're happy to share data, client testimonials on the impact of these programs, on working

adults, on children who are able to focus more on school, on seniors who can combine this

with food with medication that they need.

In February, food banks nationwide began noticing canceled USDA deliveries in their systems.

The funding freeze comes after the Trump administration cut two other programs that provide

aid to food banks and schools. Agriculture Secretary

Brooke Rawlins defended the cuts on Fox News. Right now, from what we are viewing, that

program was non-essential. It was an effort by the left to continue spending taxpayer dollars

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