food banks

Indiana food banks receive $2 million from the state

Feeding Indiana’s Hungry reports one in five children experienced food insecurity in 2022.

SNAP plays such a critical role for the Food Bank of Northwest Indiana that the organization has taken out a billboard and placed advertising for the benefits program on a few of its vehicles to ensure community members are aware of it.

Indiana food banks already stretched thin, worry new SNAP work requirements will make it worse

Adam Rayes

Food banks were already put off-balance when state officials ended the pandemic emergency declaration in April 2022, which gave an extra boost to SNAP payments.

The calls for marijuana legalization have increased as more Republicans push legislation.

Hoosiers crossing borders to get marijuana, rural food banks | Indiana Newsdesk

Joe Hren

Hoosiers are crossing into Michigan and Illinois to purchase their THC products. Food banks are doing what they can to serve rural families. And an exhibit of artwork part of the Prison Arts Initiative project.

Families in Lexington, Nebraska, line up for USDA Farmers to Families food boxes.

In Rural Nebraska, Combating Pandemic Hunger Requires All Hands On Deck

Kayte Young

After COVID-19 arrived in small towns, rural leaders were faced with a new challenge: getting food to hungry families safely.

U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers with the South Carolina National Guard help distribute food in Abbeville, South Carolina in support of Second Harvest Food Bank, May 1, 2020.

From The Global Pandemic To The National Racial Reckoning--Food Is Central

Kayte Young

Food Justice Organizer and Urban Farmer Suzanne Babb talks with Earth Eats about what the pandemic is bringing to light about our emergency food systems and how we might choose a different path forward.