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Hunger in Philly: ‘It’s a pain in my belly’
In North Philadelphia and nearby communities, hunger is too easy to find. Hunger fighters are trying, in ways old and new, to beat back an untiring scourge....
Save the bees! Lawmakers join the battle to save pollinators
A pair of Michigan lawmakers introduced bills last week that aim to protect bees and other pollinators that are crucial to Michigan's agriculture industry. (May 20 is #WorldBeeDay.)...
What Does Ugly Produce’s Newfound Popularity Mean for Food Banks?
Food banks rely on imperfect fruits and vegetables to feed those in need, but what happens when more for-profit companies want to cash in on ugly produce?...
Snack Sacks stave hunger for Texas students
Business groups, churches and community members have joined together in Cleburne, Texas to provide weekly "snack sacks" to children who might otherwise go hungry on weekends and outside of school hours....
‘It’s tragic’: Students go hungry in Northern Virginia
Public school students in Northern Virginia's Fairfax and Loudon counties rely on in-school food pantries....
State survey shows hunger, homelessness a common problem at public colleges
Massachusetts’s commissioner of higher education on Friday introduced the “sobering” results of a first-of-its-kind survey that found widespread hunger and homelessness across the state’s public college campuses. According to the Wisconsin HOPE Lab survey, which included 8,333 students, only...
Pennsylvania student raises thousands of dollars to fight hunger
Pennsylvania high school student Mason Finocchio, has been trying to put more food in bellies since the fall of 2015, when he took on a hunger challenge delivered to his school through the National Future Farmers of America (FFA) Organization. He launched his "Knock out Hunger" initiative with the g...
Vermont Foodbank buys local to fight hunger
With 7,300 farms operating on 1.2 million acres of Vermont farmland, one might think the harvest would keep hunger at bay in Vermont. But one in eight people struggle with hunger in Vermont, and one in six children still go to bed hungry, according to Feeding America’s website....
Mississippi still the hungriest state
For the eighth straight year, Mississippi has been identified as the most food insecure state in the country, according to a report released this week by Feeding America. More than 600,000 Mississippians, or approximately 20 percent of the state’s residents, had limited or uncertain access to heal...
Majority of Minnesota State University students are food insecure
Nearly two-thirds of Minnesota State University undergrads have experienced food insecurity, a recent survey conducted by sociology students has found. Sixty-four percent of the MSU survey respondents said they could not afford or for other reasons did not always have adequate food to eat during the...
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