Photo: Volunteers from Cargill in Milwaukee prepare the soil for planting at the Hunger Task Force Farm in Franklin. [Chris Kohley / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
by Crocker Stephenson Milwaukee Journal Sentinel July 20, 2018
In Milwaukee County Wisconsin, Hunger Task Force's farm is producing about a half-million pounds of fruits and vegetables each year. It is a crop worth nearly a million dollars, says Matt King, who is the Hunger Task Force’s farm director, and it i...
A food desert is an area where at least a third of residents live more than a mile from a grocery store. [Photo: Shutterstock]
by Kate Elizabeth Queram Route Fifty July 18, 2018
In Dayton, a community-owned and operated grocery store will set up shop in the heart of one of Ohio's largest food deserts....
by Chris Lovingood WTAE.com July 11, 2018
In Pennsylvania, a local food bank is taking several pallet tanks, and converting them into a place to grow 480 fish a year and more than 2,800 pounds of greens to give to people in need. The waste from the fish will be used as fertilizer to help the...
Photo: The Farmer’s Market at the US Department of Agriculture’s headquarters in Washington, DC [USDA]
by Jane Black and Leah Douglas Washington Post July 9, 2018
Across the US, recipients of USDA's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) - sometimes referred to as food stamps - are able to get more by shopping at farmers markets, where the value of their benefits is matched or supplemented by other f...