food insecurity

While community fridges have been serving those who are food insecure in New York City for years now, plant-based fridges aim to make sure that those who have a particular dietary need or follow a specific dietary lifestyle, like vegetarians and vegans, have access to free food as well. Located outside of Overthrow Boxing Club on Bleecker Street in NoHo,…

While community fridges have been serving those who are food insecure in New York City for years now, plant-based fridges aim to make sure that those who have a particular dietary need or follow a specific dietary lifestyle, like vegetarians and vegans, have access to free food as well. (Video produced by Ana Sandoval)

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.

New Jersey will boost supplemental nutrition assistance benefits for 231,000 households, about half of those already getting the federally funded help, by $95 a month under a Biden administration rule, the state said Tuesday

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...

NBC 4 New York reporter, Phil Lipof, reports from Newark, NJ where a $2 million dollar grant is supporting local businesses and working with Newark Working Kitchens to help fight food insecurity.

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

The pandemic has created a hunger crisis that has only intensified over the past year. In New Jersey, one girl’s call for help put a face to the crisis — and inspired a wave of giving to a local food bank.NBC New York’s Pat Battle reports.

It was a desperate cry for help from a 9-year-old girl in a virtual classroom who was hungry and hurting — and now a local food bank has gotten a wave of donations from strangers who just want to help

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.

New York City-area pizzeria owners have teamed up on National Pizza Day to give back to the communities. On Tuesday, Feb. 9, the Jersey Pizza Boys owners and the nonprofit Slice Out Hunger called on area restaurants, and well as others across the U.S., to donate at least 10 pies to local shelters and soup kitchens. More than two dozen…

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.’

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...

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...

With more people out of work and fewer volunteers able to collect food, the fight against hunger is being stretched to the limit during the pandemic. But one group in Westchester County has found a way to do more with less. NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford reports.

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.

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....