More attention than ever before has recently been drawn to the food insecurity problem in Athens County, Ohio. While the rural county in Southeast Ohio is known across the country as the home of Ohio University, few people outside of Ohio knew of its struggles with food insecurity. However, Athens County made national headlines when Joe Burrow, quarterback for Louisiana State University’s football team, drew attention to the issue in his 2019 Heisman Trophy acceptance speech. Burrow, an Athens native, highlighted his home county as a wonderful place with a serious problem. As the country became aware of the problem, they began to help, with more than half a million dollars in donations to the Athens CountyFood Pantry pouring in almost overnight. Burrow, who has since been drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals, has been likened to the “Lebron James of Athens,” giving hope to the people of Southeast Ohio the way James has for those in Akron. The food insecur...