In the U.S., hunger is often hidden away. It looks nothing like the stereotype of a famine happening overseas. But the physical impacts on health and the psychological scars can last a lifetime.
From the outside, the Sweet Valley Harvest Barn may not look like much. But it's on a transformative mission to combat food insecurity in the community.
During the government shutdown, disruptions in food aid rippled across reservations. Both residents and tribal officials had to make tough choices, and are still feeling the financial impacts.
Catrina Bingham has worked with the Never Alone pantry for almost a decade. She says the loss of benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is only worsening food insecurity.
As prices rise, more families are turning to food banks. On Monday, the Atlanta Community Food Bank opened a food center in Adamsville to meet that need.
A nonprofit organization found that 1.1 million Georgians were food insecure over two weeks in August and September this year, a number that is significantly higher than during the height of the pandemic.
Thanks to a partnership with the Department of Natural Resources, the Georgia Wildlife Federation’s Hunters for the Hungry program has provided nearly half a million meals' worth of venison to people in need.
A report out this week says hunger, malnutrition and even starvation are widespread in Gaza, but stopped short of declaring it a 'famine.' Here's a primer on what that means, and who gets to decide.
Some nutrition programs are at risk of funding shortfalls as politicians spar over federal spending. Supplemental nutrition programs help millions of people every year who otherwise could not afford food.
17 million U.S. households were food insecure in 2022. That's 3.5 million more than the prior year. Families with children and people of color experienced higher than average rates of food insecurity.
Peace talks and diplomatic progress have raised hopes of an end to the war. But has there been any progress in addressing the country's devastating degree of hunger?
The nonprofit group One Acre Fund wants smallholder farms to grow more, earn more and feed more people. The organization just won a $2.5 million award from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation.
