Formula Gap Forces Special Needs Families to Grow Supply Network

Kristina Kimani, whose daughter was born prematurely and requires a higher calorie diet, scours pharmacies in Massachusetts, endlessly refreshes websites, and solicits help from family and friends to get the specific formula she needs.

“It’s been very stressful trying to find my daughter’s specialty hypoallergenic formula,” she said. “Part of the issue, for example, if you want to have a salad and you want to use romaine lettuce and there’s none in the store, you can buy a different kind of green to make your salad. But when it comes to baby formula, that’s literally the only form of nutrition ...