A community meeting was called to discuss this important topic, the focus has been on the challenges of the SNAP program and closing down of our government. Several people spoke ...

Since food banks are "shopped" by families, large bulk food packaging is harder for them to carry out. If you have large bulk bags of rice, for example, consider contacting a local shelter that cooks ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has been stressful for all of us. On top of that, imagine having to cope with the uncertainty of not knowing where to find fresh food, especially in a major city like ...

A registered dietitian and nutritionist at Atlanta's Emory University shares advice for those experiencing a reduction in SNAP benefits or struggling to make ends meet.

If you are reading this on a full stomach after having a nice breakfast, perhaps not too big, though, after a big meal the evening before; and knowing there is food in your cabinets and refrigerator — ...

SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) Women in Security Forum (WISF) has officially launched the sixth annual CAN DO Challenge, a charitable initiative running Oct. 13 through Dec ...

As the federal government shutdown stretches on, millions of families who rely on SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, are preparing for the possibility that benefits could cease as ...

If you cut in any of those areas, it impacts food banks and food pantries, because food is the first thing people give up. You eat three meals a day, so you give up one or two meals, and if you give ...

Mutual aid refers to reciprocal support networks of neighbors who promptly meet each other’s most pressing needs when existing systems fail to make them whole. They emphasize “solidarity” with each ...

Nearly 90,000 Middlesex County residents - including 20,000 children - face food insecurity, according to a statement released by the county. To help address the urgent need, REPLENISH, the county’s ...

The Trump administration is ending the USDA’s annual hunger survey, a data-rich program tracking food insecurity across the country every year since 1995. Policymakers, non-profits and anti-poverty ...

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) - According to Feeding America, nearly 1.1 million Arizonans are facing food insecurity and hunger. More than 291,000 of them are children. That works out to 1 in 7 people and 1 in ...