COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missourians using food pantries made difficult trade-offs to feed their families in 2021. A new report from the University of Missouri found that 46% of food pantry clients had to choose between paying for food or utilities last year, while 38% had to decide between paying for food or medicine/medical care and […]

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Governor Tom Wolf today announced awards of $1.15 million in tax-exempt, low-interest financing for two Lancaster County farms through the Next Generation Farmer Loan Program. The program gives beginning farmers access to affordable capital to purchase farmland or agricultural equipment, lowering interest rates and boosting farm profits through a unique state-federal-private industry […]

AUGUSTA — The Mills Administration recently announced that nearly $38,000 will be utilized by a Maine organization to continue its efforts to reduce food waste by providing food to food pantries to feed Maine people. The Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF) has been awarded a $37,828 USDA Food and Nutrition Service Farm to […]

HARRISBURG, Pa. — First Lady Frances Wolf reiterated her dedication, and the dedication of the Wolf Administration, to food security during the unveiling of York County Food Bank’s mobile food pantry in York. Those in attendance included sponsors, board members and other community leaders. “When my husband, Tom, took office, he established the Governor’s Food […]

ALBANY — Through the Nourish New York program, food produced and purchased from New York State’s farmers will be distributed to families in need by the Food Bank of Central New York at a special distribution event being held tomorrow, March 27, 2021 at Vernon Downs. The drive-thru distribution, which will run from 11 a.m. to […]