Since 2008 started, one area food bank has seen 10,000 new faces walk through their doors each month because they have been unable to feed their families and are looking for help.

Meanwhile, food banks are starving for help, too. In the last eight years, the government has given less and less money to those charities but at the same time, they're serving more people.

The farm bill currently before Congress, if approved, would set aside more money for food banks.

"It's shocking, as our CEO talks about, it's the perfect storm scenario," says the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Operations Director Teresa Yates. "We need to take a look and really help our neighbors and help each other in this time of need. As we go forward, I think a lot of people are really going to rely more on food banks."

Congress will vote on the farm bill by My 16.