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Food benefits for millions at center of latest Washington spending fight
Despite record low unemployment, nonprofits say they are continuing to see rising demand for food assistance as Congress debates further cuts.
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UN food agency warns of ‘doom loop' for world's hungriest as governments cut aid
The World Food Program is warning that humanitarian funding cuts by governments are forcing the U.N. agency to drastically cut food rations to the world’s hungriest people.
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UN cuts food aid to millions globally amid ‘crippling' funding crisis
The United Nations says it has been forced to cut food, cash payments and assistance to millions of people in many countries because of “a crippling funding crisis” that has seen its donations plummet by about half as acute hunger is hitting record levels.
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Pandemic-Era Food Stamp Benefits Are About to End. Strained Food Banks Are Bracing for Spike in Need
Nearly 30 million Americans who got extra government help with grocery bills during the pandemic will soon see that aid shrink.
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Stuyvesant Teens Fight Hunger as Grocery Prices Rise
A New York City teenager is battling food waste and hunger one drop-off at a time by starting a student-led club that delivers cafeteria leftovers directly to food pantries, particularly as neighborhoods struggle with mounting grocery bills. Skai Nzeuton, 16, is a senior at Stuyvesant High School who launched the Food Security Club last year after seeing the impacts of…
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Stuyvesant Teens Fight Hunger as Grocery Prices Rise
A NYC teenager is battling hunger one drop-off at a time with a student-led club delivering cafeteria leftovers directly to food pantries, particularly as neighborhoods struggle with mounting grocery bills. NBC New York’s Linda Gaudino reports.
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Thousands of Military Families Struggle With Food Insecurity
Many military families can’t afford food and other basic needs. The Department of Defense said it’s working to fix the problem.