food insecurity

When the coronavirus pandemic hit and schools shut down, in-person learning wasn’t the only thing children were missing out on. Many families in Massachusetts and across the nation relied on school breakfasts and lunches to keep their kids from going hungry. “The pandemic occurred abruptly, we had to pivot abruptly into numerous different feeding systems based on USDA waivers,”...

The Agriculture Department told NBC News that the Biden administration is poised to announce the largest summer food program in U.S. history, which will feed 30 million low-income children.

At the beginning of the pandemic, as grocery store shelved emptied of essentials, many people in the U.S. got a taste of a world where food isn’t easy to come by. But as climate change threatens the planet, experts say mass food shortages are a real danger. That’s why people like Elizabeth Medgyesy of California’s Sonoma County are turning to...

Javier Albarran had worked in a hotel kitchen for more than 25 years when he lost his job last March due to the pandemic. Finding himself without insurance or the income he needed to get by, he said, “I didn’t know what to do.” When a friend asked him to take him to a food bank, Albarran overcame his embarrassment...

A campaign tied to the Tuesday debut of Michelle Obama’s children’s food show is aiming to provide more than one million meals to food insecure communities

A local company is working to cut the greenhouse gas emissions associated with food production.

Organizing a meal train, or simply surprising a neighbor with a favorite dish, are just a couple of ways you can help those in need.

When Luisa Flores of Dallas, Texas, lost her father to COVID-19, it sparked a chain of events that drained her family’s savings and has left them reliant on food banks to eat. Her story is just one example of how the pandemic has devastated families and led to a spike in food insecurity across the country.

President Biden has directed the USDA to bolster the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. Luis Guardia, president of the Food Research and Action Center, joined LX News to explain why boosting SNAP is especially important to Black and Latino communities — which are disproportionately affected by hunger just as they are affected by COVID-19 at higher rates.

‘Honestly, I didn’t want to let my children down. And I was really scared because obviously I have five people to take care of. Honestly, I didn’t know what I was going to do.’

Edward Willis and Paulina Lopez have four children between the ages of 1 and 8. When they lost their income due to the pandemic, they faced themselves in a desperate struggle to make sure their children had food to eat and a place to sleep each day. The Los Angeles County couple shared their emotional journey through food and housing...

No child should be going hungry in the United States. But the number of children facing hunger in this country has shot up to 17 million since the pandemic started. Eleni Towns of No Kid Hungry joined LX News to discuss the long-term impact of this crisis and share how you can help.

Eating meat is not a sustainable way to keep feeding the growing population of the world. Some think insects are the answer. To produce the same amount of protein as cattle, crickets need about 12 times less feed. So, would you eat an insect diet to save the planet and stop world hunger? Yusuf Omar of Hashtag Our Stories joined...

Martha Mae Adams is a retired postal police officer who lives in New York City. After leaving that career for health reasons, she continued to support herself with the help of some income she made working with children. But COVID-19 ended that. She talked to NBCLX about overcoming her shame to accept donations from a food pantry during the pandemic....

Two new concerning data points are illustrating the damage Maine’s economy is feeling from the coronavirus pandemic.

Food banks in Maine are seeing a surge in demand while the state’s economy is feeling the devastating impact from the coronavirus pandemic.

More than a dozen colorful community refrigerators are now available on the streets of Chicago for people suffering from food insecurity. Ramon “Radius” Norwood and James Wurm joined LX News to discuss “The Love Fridge” program and how racial discrimination leads to food deserts in the city.

A new food distribution program in Vermont is picking up where a previous one left off, ensuring free grocery deliveries can continue while food insecurity in the state is high because of the coronavirus pandemic. John Sayles, of the Vermont Foodbank, described his aim for the Vermont Farmers to Families food box program as “helping us all be able to…

When funding came to an end for a program that delivers free groceries to people in need, donors and a nonprofit stepped up to fill the gap in Vermont.

With food insecurity high, a Vermont woman is hoping 2021 brings continued community support for her effort to provide meals to her appreciative neighbors–a project that also brings other benefits.