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Every County in the U.S. is Home to People Who Can't Afford Food, Study Shows. USA Today 40 Million Americans Struggle to Put Food on the Table. CBS News These Counties Have the Highest Rates of Food Insecurity Among Children. U.S. News and World Report Woman on a Mission to Fight Hunger and Food Waste. Waste 360 After Backlash, School District Changes Decision to Give Kids with Lunch Debt Jelly Sandwishes. USA Today Kids in America are Missing School Because They Can't Afford Toothpaste and Tampons. HuffPost Trump Administration Considering Changes that would Redefine the Poverty Line. NPR Recent Wage Trends are Impressive. Their Levels...Not So Much. (Opinion) The Washington Post A Decade After the Recession, 40% of U.S. Families Still Struggling. CBS News Millions of Senior Citizens Can't Afford Food - and They're Not Living in Poverty. Market Watch Senior Hunger: 5.5M Older Americans Struggle to Find Enough Food. Patch
Pop-Up Pantries Aim to Reduce Food Insecurity for College Students. PBS More than 750,000 Could Lose Food Stamps Under Trump Administration Proposal. NPR Vegan, Gluten-Free, Keto. Why Shouldn't Poor People Eat Like Everyone Else? The Washington Post Why Americans are Retiring Into Homelessness. Ozy This Woman Lived in Her Car to Volunteer at 200 Food Banks and Prove A Point About Hunger. Mashable Sometimes Food is the Best Medicine. Forbes Housing's Hidden Crisis: Rural Americans Struggle to Pay Rent. CBS News America's Hungry Kids: 13M U.S. Children Don't Have Enough to Eat. Patch Food Insecurity Among American Public School Students Requires Aid Beyond Free Lunch Programs (Op-Ed). Teen Vogue As Cashless Stores Grow, So Does the Backlash. The New York Times The Power of Purpose: How Feeding America Works with Brands to Tackle the Problem of Hunger. Forbes I Volunteered at 200 Food Banks Across the U.S. Here's What I Learned about Hunger in America. HuffPost Countless American Families are Saddled with Student Lunch Debt. Many Won't be able to Pay It Off. The New Food Economy How Real Families use Food Stamps. Politico
3D Printing Snacks from Food Waste? Sounds Gross, but it's Actually Brilliant. Digital Trends This Map Shows How Much Money You Need to Earn to Get By in Each State. CNBC Report: Child Poverty could be Cut in Half Over 10 Years at a Hefty Price. NPR Trump's New Budget Resurrects Controversial "Harvest Box" Proposal for Food Stamps as Part of Broader Welfare Reform. ABC News The Shutdown Brought People Who Rely on SNAP an Extra Helping of Economic Hardship. Salon According to Recent Poll, 88 Percent of Americans Reduce Food Waste. Foodtank Buying "Green" is Too Pricey for the Average Consumer. CBS News How Prescribing Healthy Food Could Save Billions of Dollars in Health Care Costs. Marketwatch Food Stamp Changes Would Mainly Hurt Those Living in Extreme Poverty, Study Finds. NBC News Food Banks Warn They Will Not Be Able to Meet Demand if Food Stamp Cuts Take Effect. Talk Poverty In an Era of Excessive Food Waste, A Plea to Restaurants: Cut Down Your Portions. The Washington Post
USDA's SNAP Decision Means There Will Be A Gap in Food Assistance Program. The Washington Post Food for Thought: The Shutdown Has Ended, Hunger in America Has Not. Spotlight on Poverty For Every $1 They Invest in Cutting Food Waste, Restaurants Save $7. Fast Company Study: Food Pantries Cannot Tackle Diabetes Alone. Food Bank News 13 Million People in Poverty are Disconnected from the Social Safety Net. Most of Them are White. The Washington Post Why Food Could Be the Best Medicine of All Time. Time Food Security and Rural Jobs Under Threat from Dramatic Loss of Biodiversity. Fortune Confused by Expiration Dates? You're Not Alone. Here's What They Mean. Time Do Dollar Stores Help the Poor with Cheap, Vital Staples? Or Block Out Grocers and Trigger Food Deserts? Chicago Tribune
'I Feel Like I'm Failing Them': How Low-income Parents Struggle Over the Holidays. Huffington Post Truckers, General Mills, Feeding America Look to Rescue Good Food from a Bad End. Freight Waves Shutdown Leaves Food, Medicine and Pay in Doubt in Indian Country. The New York Times. For Charities, the Government Shutdown Could Not Have Come at a Worse Time. The Washington Post Millions Could lose Food Assistance if Shutdown Drags On. CNN Food Stamps for Millions of Americans Become Pawn in Shutdown Fight. Politico 1.8M College Students Could Get SNAP Benefits Aren't. Education Dive U.S. Representative, Advocates Say Food Safety Programs Dangerously Disrupted. Food Safety News Food Stamp Recipients Warned to Budget Early Payments Amid Shutdown. Huffington Post Loss of USDA funds for Distribution Threatens Food Bank Aid. Bloomberg Govt Government Workers Without Paychecks are Flooding Food Banks. Money Government Shutdown: Food Banks Worry about Having Enough Supplies if Stalemate Drags On. USA Today Americans Across the Country are Helping Feed Federal Workers as the Shutdown Enters Its Second Month. The Washington Post The Pain of the Second Missed Paycheck. The Atlantic Interview with Feeding America CEO Claire Babineaux-Fontenot. CNN Some Fear Federal Safety Net is Unraveling for Those in Need. Associated Press TV Food Commercials Target Hispanic and Black Youth with Unhealthy Snacks and Sugary Drinks. Market Watch How the Shutdown Opened a Window on Poverty in America. NBC News The Shutdown Showed How Precarious Americans Finances Really Are. The Atlantic
House Clears 2018 Farm Bill for Trump Signature. Agri-Pulse What is the American Family Act of 2017? It's Grabbing Potential Candidates' Attention. Bustle When Days Aren't So Sunny: Sesame Streets Takes on Homelessness. The New York Times USDA Plan Slashes SNAP Work Exemptions. Agri-Pulse Reducing Food Waste to Prevent Hunger this Holiday Season. Waste360 Trump Administration Rolls Back Obama-Era Rule for School Lunches. The New York Times New York's Hungry will Benefit from a Byproduct of Trump's Trade War. City Limits
After 2 Terrible Storms, 'The Food Bank Came to our Rescue'. New York Times 'I Eat Once A Day': The Untold Stories of the Housing Crisis. HuffPost Dairy Farmer Helps Food Bank Access Milk. Wisconsin Agriculturalist Pressure Mounts to get Farm Bill Done During Lame-Duck Session. Politico Feeding America Adds Logistics to MealConnect Platform. Waste 360 Giving Back: FoodRx Program Embraces Food as Medicine. Star Tribune Who Will Grow Our Food? Marketplace
Food Banks Scramble to Make Trump's Farm Bailout Work. The Washington Post Austin,Texas Now Requires Restaurants to Responsibly Dispose of Food Waste. Huffington Post Food Banks Across the Country Increasingly Focusing on Food Safety. Food Safety News A Grocery Divide: Who Do So Many Stores East of Troost Lack Healthy Food? The Kansas City Star Foundation Launches Waste Not Initiative to Combat Food Waste. Waste 360 A Snapshot of Poverty in America. NPR Local Farmers are Stepping in to Ensure No Families in Need Go Hungry. Upworthy
Millions of Americans Could Lose Food Stamp Benefits Under Proposed Farm Bill. MIC Americans Want to Believe Jobs are the Solution to Poverty. They're Not. The New York Times Filling the Food Gap. U.S. News AFDO Words to Keep food Safety Top of Mind for Food Salvaging Organizations. Food Safety News Global $500 Million Data Drive Aims to End Hunger by Boosting Harvests. Reuters Reducing Food Waste Could Dramatically Cut GHG Emissions. Greenbiz Bailout Checks Begin Arriving for Farmers, as Trump's Trade War Escalates. The Washington Post
SNAP Benefits: Which Cities Have the Most People on Food Stamps? USA Today For Many College Students, Hunger 'Makes It Hard to Focus'. NPR Food Program Makes 'Big Time' Difference to Needy Families Seeking Healthy Options. Kansas City Star A Pioneering Massachusetts Program Helps Low-Income Residents Eat Healthier and Supports Local Farmers. Civil Eats Center School District Is Serving Breakfast In Every Classroom - And Boosting The Protein. KCUR. SNAP: A Fragile Safety Net. US News Despite Strong Economy, Many Americans Struggling to Get By. AP News
Opinion: If Congress Changes Food Stamp Requirements, Kids Will Go Hungry. New York Times. Here's How You Can Help Hungry Kids When School's Out for Summer. Today. Children's Exposure to Food Insecurity is Still Worse than it was Before the Great Recession. Brookings. How Food Insecurity May Harm 5-year-olds. WLRN. Struggling Farmers Turn Excess Milk into Cheese and Yogurt for the Hungry. NPR. 30 Million Children Rely on Free School Lunch. Where Do They Eat When School's Out? New Food Economy. The Terms On A Food Label To Ignore and the Ones To Watch For. New York Times. Mobile Food Banks Roll to Isolated, Rural Poor. Pew. Opinion: Did We Win the War on Poverty? The Washington Post.
Too Poor to Afford Food, Too Rich to Qualify for Help. CNN 50 Million American Households Can't Even Afford Basic Living Expenses. Market Watch It's time to Stop Believing These Four Myths About Food Stamps. Real Simple Are Social Determinants the Missing Key to Improving Health? Forbes
U.N.'S Poverty and Human Rights Special Rapporteur Finds U.S. Policies Reward Wealthy, Punish Poor. Los Angeles Times. American Cities are Failing on Sustainable Development. Fast Company. Dr. Gupta: After All My Years of Reporting, This Haunts Me. CNN. House Narrowly Approves Farm Bill that could Cut Food Stamps to Million of Low-Income Americans. CNBC. Trump Wants to Move Food Stamps to a New Agency, that could make the Program Easier to Overhaul. Washington Post. Food Stamp Enrollment Reaches Lowest Level in 8 Years - That May Not Be A Cause for Celebration. Newsweek. This Start-up Can Make Avocados Last Twice As long Before Going Bad. Los Angeles Times.
How Work Requirements for Social Security Programs Impact People in Need. PBS. 50-something Food Stamp Recipients Could Face Tough Job Search under Proposed Rules. McClatchy DC. USDA Brainstorms Food Waste Solutions with Stakeholders. Waste Dive. Americans Waste About A Pound of Food A Day, USDA Study Finds. Forbes. Why Millions of Californians Eligible for Food Stamps Don't Get Them. NPR. New Evidence Shows that our Anti-Poverty Programs, especially Social Security, Work Well. Los Angeles Times. Cod and 'Immune Broth': California Tests Food as Medicine. New York Times.
Home Delivered Meals Might Reduce ER Visits, Study Suggests. Washington Post. Food Stamps Aren't A Substitute for Work. They're How Low-Wage Workers Avoid Hunger. The American Prospect. The Surprising Time Food Banks Need Donations the Most. Real Simple. Have You Noticed How Poor People are Bankrupting the Government? Neither Have We. Washington Post. Tariffs Making Buzz, but the Farm Bill May Also have Big Impact on Retailers. Forbes.
Lawmakers Push for Military Access to Food Assistance Program. Military. Striking Teachers Go Out of Their Way to Make Sure Students Have Food. Today. In Striking Nationwide Trend, Hospitals Take on Hunger to Improve Overall Health. Civil Eats. Will Nutrition Reforms Once Again Divide the Farm Bill Coalition? Ag Week. Food Assistance Advocates Wary of SNAP Food Box Proposal Prices. Bloomberg.
More than Half of American Babies are at Risk for Malnourishment. Huffington Post Who's Able-Bodied Anyway? New York Times Super Bowl LII will be the First Zero-Waste Big Game. Fast Company Anti-Hunger Groups and Retailers Protest Trump's 'Harvest Box' Plan. Chicago Tribune Blindsided by 'Harvest Box' Pitch. Politico Not exactly Blue April: the Problem with Replacing Food Stamps with 'Harvest Box'. Kansas City Star Food Box Idea Draws Criticism from Democrats, Advocates. Associated Press Companies and Non-Profits Can Now Post on Facebook's Community Help During a Crisis. Mashable These Repurposed Folk Tales Tell the Story of Hunger in the U.S. Ad Age Using Art to Tackle Diabetes in Youth. New York Times
New Year's Resolution: Worry About Your Food Waste. SC Times. To End A Food Desert, These Community Members Opened Their Own Grocery. Fast Company. Brain Food. UVA Today. Severe Obesity Declining Among Low-Income U.S. Kids. Reuters. Counting the Beans: New Tool Measures the True Cost of Food. Food Tank. While We Waste Food, Others Waste Away. Baltimore Sun. Food Stamp Program Makes Fresh Produce More Affordable. NPR. Sustainable Forests for Food Security and Nutrition. Food Tank. It's Hard to Study if You're Hungry. New York Times.
KU Fights Hunger forms New Committee to Raise Awareness about food Insecurity. The University Daily Kansan. Harvesters team up with Good Samaritan to focus on health. The Excelsior Springs Standard. Decade since recession: Thriving cities leave others behind. AP. State group: USDA mulling big changes to food stamps, including allowing states to impose soda ban. Washington Post. Charities' Fear Under Tax Bill: Less Money to Help the Needy. New York Times. Hungry on Campus. Huffington Post. Juggling Bills Often Accompanies Food Insecurity. PsychCentral. I Never Knew How Wrong I Was About People on Food Stamps Until I Was One of Them. MIC. Black Families are Sowing the Seeds of health and Empowerment. NPR. Food Swamps are the New Food Deserts. The Atlantic. This App Helps Food Stamps Last Longer and Recipients Avoid Going Hungry. Forbes. Extreme Poverty Returns to America. Washington Post. Vending Machine for the Homeless Coming to U.S. in 2018. CBS New York.
Healthy Food is a right, Not a Luxury. Washington Post. Beyond Winning and Losing in the Tax Reform Debate. Kansas City Star. Childcare Staff Behavior May Encourage Kids to Sample Healthier Food. Reuters. Hunger is a Bigger Problem than You Think at America's Colleges. Fox News. Large Numbers of Aging Veterans are Malnourished. Next Avenue. Nutrition Assistance Programs and Medicaid are Sound Investments for Young Kids. The Hill. New Study Finds that 4.2 Million Kids Experience Homelessness Each Year. NPR. Breakfast Program at Webb City Schools. Joplin Globe. Federal Nutrition Assistance Programs Participation May Save Money on Health Care Expenditures. Huffington Post. Feeding the Need: Expanding School Lunch Programs. CBS News.
Oh SNAP! It's Been 40 Years Since the Food Stamps Act. Washington Post. US Middle Class Gets Richer, but Wealthy Do Even Better. New York Times. The New Reality of Old Age in America. Washington Post. Your turn: Vote to End Hunger in our School District. Lawrence Journal World. Why Paying for Nutrition Saves Money on Health Care. Time. Study Suggests When Mobile Markets Take Wireless Food Stamps, More People Buy Healthy Food. PBS Newshour. Despite Rosy Data, Millions of Americans Languish in Poverty. The Hill. For many older Americans, the rat race is over. But the inequality isn't. The Washington Post. Storm Victim Finds Help, and Purpose, at a Houston Food Bank. New York Times. 'Like Going Back in Time': Puerto Ricans Put Survival Skills to Use. New York Times. A Report from the #RealCollege Conference on Food Insecurity of Students. Inside Higher Ed. 3 Reasons Hunger is Your Problem Even If You Never Worry About Food. Hello Giggles This Emotional World Food Day PSA Reminds Us that Hunger Has No Face. Adweek
Using Technology to Combat Intergenerational Poverty. Forbes article. Who Suffers When Disasters Strike? The Poorest and Most Vulnerable. Washington Post article. Start Ups Finally Taking on Food Stamps. Wired article. Will the Trump Era Transform the School Lunch? New York Times article. Food Banks Fight Against Food Stamp Cuts. Politico article.
America Can’t Make Progress on the Fight Against Food Insecurity. Fast Company.
Senate Panel Hears of Manipulation of Food Stamp Error Rates, Seeks Improvements. USA Today.
Childhood Hunger Cookbook author crusades for millions of kids who go hungry in summer. NPR The Salt Students without food. Inside Higher Education 1 in 6 US kids struggle with hunger. CNN Food Waste New Jersey is cutting food waste to help the climate. Salon General Stories No, poor people don't eat more junk food than anyone else. Vox Beyond pantries - This Food Bank Invests in the Local Community. NPR How much it costs to stock the average family refrigerator. Chicago Tribune Senior Hunger Hunger receded after the recession but not for older Americans, U.S. figures show. Washington Post
Editorial Hunger and the heartland - needs multiply during summer months. KC Star editorial.