Aug 19, 2008
Free breakfast program expanded
BENNINGTON — Thousands of Vermont students will have access to breakfast for the first time this school year, which many say should help their scholastic performance.
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Aug 12, 2008
Winter Could Test Energy Math; Rising Heat Costs May Be Last Straw For Family Budgets
The next blow from high energy prices could come in the dead of winter.
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Aug 07, 2008
From food bank's chief, insight into hungry U.S.
SARASOTA - Vicki Escarra, president and CEO of the nation's largest food bank network, stopped in Sarasota on Wednesday on a weeklong tour of Florida.
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Aug 06, 2008
Tons of food waste crams landfills, adds to methane gas
Groups work to reduce waste, rescue leftover food and crops.
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Aug 04, 2008
More kids qualify for Vt. lunches
PUTNEY -- The number of children in Vermont who received free lunches during the summer of 2007 rose slightly from the previous year, according to a national report released this week.
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Jul 28, 2008
Stormy times for those who need food banks' help
MANY antihunger programs around the nation are facing a "perfect storm."
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Jun 14, 2008
Despite the focus on the housing crisis, gasoline prices and the economy in general, the press has not done a good job capturing the intense economic anxiety — and even dread, in some cases — that has gripped tens of millions of working Americans, includi
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Jun 05, 2008
Downturn forces more in U.S. to rely on free food
MONROE, Ga./DOUGLAS, Arizona (Reuters) - In the richest nation on earth, a rising number of people line up for free food because they are struggling to put meals on the table at home.
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Sep 17, 2007
Food Stamps: Old stereotypes no longer true
BARRE – Last week, Philene Taormina and her Montpelier family voluntarily spent no more than $1 per person per meal on food – the average Food Stamp benefit – to raise awareness of what it's like to live on Food Stamps.
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May 18, 2008
One Country's Table Scraps; Another Country's Meal
Grocery bills are rising through the roof. Food banks are running short of donations. And food shortages are causing sporadic riots in poor countries through the world.
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Apr 25, 2008
House, Senate pass one-week farm bill extension
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress passed a one-week extension of current farm law Thursday, defying President Bush by trying to find agreement on a new bill.
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Apr 24, 2008
Farm Income Up, but Subsidies Stay
WASHINGTON — Americans are in sticker-shock over grocery prices, while people in developing countries are rioting over food shortages. And across the heartland, American farmers are enjoying record incomes, but losing sleep over rising expenses and turbul
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Apr 21, 2008
Food-Bank Organizers Face Shortages
Global food shortages and a faltering U.S. economy are hurting food banks. Leaders in the food bank community are finding creative ways to cope. Two food-bank organizers discuss their approach to the problem.
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Apr 15, 2008
Schools Get A Lesson in Lunch Line Economics: Food Costs Unravel Nutrition Initiatives
New York students will have to settle for pizza without tasty turkey pepperoni topping. In Montgomery County schools, tomato slices were pulled for a few weeks from cafeteria salads in favor of less-expensive carrots or celery.
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Apr 08, 2008
Hunger Pains: As Economy Slows, Charities Face Tall Order to Feed Needy
The economic downturn and rising prices are forcing many families to turn to charities for groceries, putting additional pressure on food banks that were already struggling to keep their shelves stocked.
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Mar 20, 2008
A Run on Banks: Food Charities Feel the Pinch
Add another institution to those getting squeezed by America's economic crunch: soup kitchens.
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Mar 31, 2008
As Jobs Vanish and Prices Rise, Food Stamp Use Nears Record
Driven by a painful mix of layoffs and rising food and fuel prices, the number of Americans receiving food stamps is projected to reach 28 million in the coming year, the highest level since the aid program began in the 1960s.
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Feb 27, 2008
Farmers seek to expand markets, and improve diets
RANDOLPH Center – According to the recently released Vermonter Poll, conducted annually by the University of Vermont's Center for Rural Studies, 30 percent of Vermonters cannot afford to buy nutritious food. It's not so much that they prefer Ramen noodl
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Oct 18, 2007
Supplies Dwindle at Food Pantries as Financing Bill Stalls in Washington
On a recent weekday at the BedStuy Campaign Against Hunger, one of Brooklyn’s largest food pantries, shelves that are usually piled high with staples like rice and canned meats were empty, a stark illustration of the crisis facing emergency food provide
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Oct 20, 2007
Americans stretching paychecks to the breaking point
NEW YORK - The calculus of living paycheck to paycheck in America is getting harder. What used to last four days might last half that long now. Pay the gas bill, but skip breakfast. Eat less for lunch so the kids can have a healthy dinner.
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Oct 18, 2007
Poverty guidelines: Hurting or helping the poor?
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Expanding a program to provide health care for lower-income children has turned into one of this year's most fiercely debated issues, pitting the White House against the majority of lawmakers, both Democrats and Republicans.
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Oct 16, 2007
Senators edge toward deal on farm bill
Democratic senators on Monday appeared close to averting a showdown on the Senate Agriculture Committee that had threatened completion of a new farm bill this year.
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Oct 15, 2007
As Congress heads into final negotiations over the farm bill, let’s hope our elected officials are paying attention to the headlines: Brazil has scored yet another huge victory at the World Trade Organization over America’s cotton subsidies; Mexico is
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Sep 28, 2007
U.S. Senate leaders asked to get farm bill moving
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Anti-hunger, religious, farm and labor groups asked Senate leaders on Friday to force action on an overhaul of U.S. farm law, delayed for weeks by disagreements over funding and crop subsidy reforms.
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Sep 20, 2007
A Withered Harvest in the Bronx
As a practical matter, there really is a food chain extending from Washington to the poverty precincts across the nation where hungry people are nourished.
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