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Food bank
Feeding America CEO urges "using your voices" in fight against hunger
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Richard Cunningham
Dec 21, 2023
Claire Babineaux-Fontenot discusses food inflation, food insecurity and efforts to influence government policymakers.
Trade war means more donations to food banks
Nov 22, 2018
To blunt the pain of tariffs, the government is buying more than $1 billion in surplus food. Much of that will go to food banks.
As many students nationwide grapple with hunger, California offers food assistance
Sep 29, 2017
A survey of 34 universities and community colleges found that about 48 percent of students reported food insecurity in the previous 30 days, 22 percent with such low levels of food security that they qualified as hungry.
Food banks gear up for Thanksgiving
by
Noel King
Nov 25, 2015
As we head into the Thanksgiving holiday, food banks are gearing up to help the hungry.
Georgia could lose federal money for poverty assistance
Sep 28, 2015
Financial aid for poor families is threatened by an accounting sleight-of-hand.