Beshear sends state National Guard to staff food banks seeing ‘surge’ amid SNAP delays
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is sending the National Guard to staff food banks while more…
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Kentucky Hunters for the Hungry supplies record 467,000 donated meals during 2023
Kentucky Hunters for the Hungry posted its highest-ever totals in 2023 with its ongoing efforts to fight hunger by facilitating…
Perfetti Van Melle donates more than 54,000 pounds of candy to KY Agriculture Hunger Initiative
A donation as sweet as it sounds is creating smiles across the state thanks to a delivery from Perfetti Van…
City of Covington seeking proposals to help distribute direct food assistance for COVID-19 relief
The City of Covington is looking for help spending $100,000 on food for residents affected by COVID-19. Recognizing that the…
Community Farm Alliance recommends investing in food security through redirecting police budgets
The Community Farm Alliance released this statement about food security: Community Farm Alliance (CFA) is advocating for local communities to…
Ryan Quarles: Farms to Food Banks reduces hunger in Kentucky and helps farmers too
When you and your family shop for local produce at your farmers’ market or grocery store this summer, what will…
‘Legal Food Frenzy’ campaign nets 630,000 pounds of food for regional food banks; DBL among winners
During the second-annual Kentucky Legal Food Frenzy, the state’s legal community donated more than 630,000 pounds of food to benefit…
NKADD is urban winner as Area Development Districts raise 250,000 pounds of food for food banks
Kentucky’s area development districts helped raised the equivalent of more than 250,000 pounds of food as part of the Commonwealth…