Table 2 Sentiment drivers for the local food pantry searches
From: Quantifying “local food” online and social media in the United States for 2018–2021
2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Drivers | % of mentions | Drivers | % of mentions | Drivers | % of mentions | Drivers | % of mentions | |
Positive | n = 814 | n = 616 | n = 2,370 | n = 982 | ||||
donation | 11 | Amazing local food bank | 13 | 10,000 donation | 21 | Come through | 33 | |
local food bank | 8 | Donation | 13 | help | 17 | Donation | 9 | |
harvest | 7 | Help | 12 | Incredibly important work | 13 | Support | 8 | |
meaningful local food bank economy | 6 | Support 46 million people | 6 | Local food bank | 6 | Local food bank | 6 | |
local food pantry | 6 | Offer to help people | 6 | Food | 4 | Food | 5 | |
work | 6 | Local food pantry | 5 | Use support right now | 4 | Surplus | 4 | |
help | 5 | Support local food bank | 4 | Use help | 4 | Provide food for those | 4 | |
Negative | n = 200 | n = 452 | n = 804 | n = 260 | ||||
Diaper donation | 22 | Local food pantry | 36 | Donation | 17 | Local food bank | 20 | |
Struggle to pay bill | 16 | Domestic violence | 11 | Struggle | 14 | Donation | 17 | |
Local food bank | 7 | Donation | 6 | Difficult | 11 | Hit | 10 | |
Local food pantry | 7 | Struggle to find volunteer | 5 | Lack of available space | 8 | Struggle to feed people | 8 | |
Issue with worker | 5 | Face crises | 5 | Hit | 6 | Weather pandemic | 7 | |
Support food insecure family | 5 | Strain | 4 | Coronavirus | 6 | Local food security | 4 | |