Food banks act as large-scale suppliers, sourcing food in bulk for smaller, community-based food pantries. Food pantries are the direct resource for individuals and families experiencing food ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bananas and cereals at a grocery store in Fairfax, Virginia, on March 3, 2011. (USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.) "Hunger does not ...

Food banks and pantries have been experiencing historic demand since SNAP benefits halted on Nov. 1 for many Americans due to the federal government shutdown. That halt affected nearly 42 million ...

At one food pantry in Boston, the spike in demand means there’s now a two-week wait for some to receive food, stressing needy families as well as pantry staff. Julie Miller helps deliver frozen ...

At a Des Moines food bank, clients who used to come occasionally are now regulars. The number of visitors has steadily risen in the past two years, as COVID-19 pandemic relief programs ended, said ...

Food banks say they are seeing more people using their services for the first time.

Inside the new Food Bank of the Rockies distribution center, president and CEO Erin Pulling pulled a bright safety vest over her shoulders before walking inside a warehouse with pallet racks stacked ...

Despite the state’s pledge of $62 million to help feed Marylanders in the face of cuts to federal food assistance, the state’s food banks are seeing an increase in the number of people calling or ...

The Soap Lake Food Bank is only open for five and a half hours, one day a week, but it stays pretty busy during that time.