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The federal government shutdown is stretching into a second week with no end in sight. As Democrats and Republicans in Congress face a
A proposed rule to expand grocery stocking requirements under SNAP could leave many small retailers unable to comply, cutting off food access in low-income communities.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture is canceling a survey that hunger groups use to understand — and respond to — food insecurity across the country.
The USDA has
In 2021, Kelli Greenland and her two children used food pantries more often than they ever have. As the year closes, the Des Moines mom is filled with uncertainty.
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About 180,000 more Illinois residents are expected to struggle with access to food this year compared to 2019, according to new research. Rural areas in southern parts of the state will likely suffer the most.
Across the country, fewer people have struggled with reliable access to food because of insufficient income in recent years, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data from 2015 to
In March, Kelli Greenland faced a devil of a choice – should she accept a retail job as an essential worker, or should she remain home to keep her medically fragile
The boss told Gus Malzahn on Sunday that he was no longer needed. His employment was ending immediately.
With that blunt conversation, Malzahn became another statistic of 2020. He took
The USDA created the Food Box program to help feed families struggling during the pandemic. A review by the Midwest Center shows that some program contractors were expected to work in a new field or with new products they weren’t used to handling.
Each year in October, when the Iowa countryside transforms from gorgeous summer greens to harvest season hues of tan, some of the world’s top agricultural scientists and anti-hunger activists gather in Des Moines to compare notes. The occasion is the presentation of the annual World Food Prize.
