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Food insecurity is closely rooted in other issues of poverty, and the issues must be addressed together if solutions to food insecurity are to be found, according to people on the front lines of the …
Rattan Lal, the 2020 World Food Prize Laureate is pictured working in a field in. Lal, distinguished professor and director of the Carbon Management and Sequestration Center at Ohio State University, is considered a pioneer …
The Food Bank of Iowa has opened 16 off-site food pantries to serve families of the nearly 80% of Des Moines Public School District students who qualified for free and reduced meals during the 2019-2020 …
Emily Shearer, food acquisition program manager for the Food Bank of Iowa, talks about the delivery of turkey deli meat to the food bank today, as Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg (right), Iowa Secretary of Agriculture …
A global pandemic won’t stop the annual Comfort Food Cook-Off fundraiser, Family Promise of Greater Des Moines announced this week. The annual cook-off will take place as a drive-up distribution event on Nov. 8, with meals …
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Iowa has announced its sponsorship of the Child and Adult Care Food Program. The federal program provides reimbursements for nutritious meals and snacks to eligible children and adults who are …
Variety — the Children’s Charity is donating $30,000 to the Food Bank of Iowa to support the BackPack program and school pantries. According to a news release, the donation will provide up to 120,000 meals for children …
More than 53,000 free meals were distributed in Des Moines this summer to families and residents as part of a program to help those in need because of the coronavirus pandemic. According to a news …
The role healthy soil plays in climate change and food insecurity was laid out in an opening presentation of this week’s World Food Prize Borlaug Dialogue, with speakers suggesting that a national policy on soil …
Iowans facing food insecurity have redeemed more than $1 million in fruits and vegetables at farmers markets and grocery stores using Double Up Food Bucks since it began as a pilot program in 2016, the Iowa …
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