More than 500,000 S. Floridians face food insecurity

While camera-wielding fans clamored for selfies with Miami Heat’s Chris “Birdman” Andersen, Aurora Rivera dragged a shopping cart along a table behind Glory Temple Ministries, picking out fresh baked goods. Feeding herself and her six grandchildren hasn’t been easy since she was fired in July from El Hondureno, an Allapattah restaurant where she worked as a cook, said Rivera, 57. Feeding South Florida, a regional subdivision of Feeding America that works to feed more than a half million people in Miami-Dade, Broward, Monroe and Palm Beach counties, has been a lifeline for Rivera. “Thank God,” she said, clasping her hands in prayer pose. “If only everyone had this blessing.” More than 500,000...