I don't think that's quite true - food insecurity has significantly increased since the pandemic response has began.
https://www.hamiltonproject.org/blog/the_covid_19_crisis_has...
https://www.hamiltonproject.org/blog/the_covid_19_crisis_has...
It's largely because people—especially the poorest people—have been laid off to protect businesses' balance sheets, and have received a meager attempt at counterbalancing that from the government.
There is absolutely no reason any human needs to starve in the modern world. If we as a society prioritized people's lives and welfare over businesses' profitability—and expressed those priorities consistently through our voting decisions—we could eliminate hunger in America without any kind of serious (or even noticeable) hardship to the rest of us.