Food pantries and food-based nonprofits are being overwhelmed with increasing need, and many have been unable to keep up. Community food providers are worried that without better collaborative efforts between pantries, and increased support from local government, food is going to become increasingly difficult to access in Linn County.
Cedar Rapids’ Hy-Vee on First Avenue NE closed more than two months ago. Nonprofits are filling the gap while the city looks to find a new permanent grocer.
Iowa U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson and Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig visited Hawkeye Area Community Action Program’s Food Reservoir in Hiawatha Wednesday to discuss how the state is working to connect Iowa food banks with Iowa farmers and producers to help alleviate food insecurity.
Together We Achieve, a nonprofit food pantry that started as a derecho recovery Facebook group in 2020, is asking the community to help it raise $50,000 in an effort to avoid closing its doors permanently.
The state would pay half of the nearly $3.9M administrative costs under Gov. Kim Reynolds’ proposal to the USDA.
Iowa would use federal funding to expand the state’s newly created summer food assistance program for low-income families under a proposal from Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ administration.
Food insecurity in Iowa has put growing pressure and strain on food banks and pantries across the state.
Also, Gov. Reynolds’ latest proclamation designed to help Sioux County schools recovering from flooding
The Cedar Rapids Community School District is launching a meal site at Johnson STEAM Academy to expand food access for households affected by the recent closure of the First Avenue Hy-Vee in a rare collaboration with area state and local government officials.
Consistently heightened food insecurity in Iowa has put growing pressure and strain on food banks and pantries across the state.
A recent report found food insecurity is on the rise in Iowa as COVID-19 pandemic nutritional benefits have sunset. HACAP Food Reservoir Director Kim Guardado discusses the findings and what Iowans can do to improve food access.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and Marion schools are among 38 grant recipients under the $900K program, created by Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds after she rejected $29 million in federal funding.
A new state grant program to expand existing summer food assistance programs for Iowa students in low-income families received 43 applications, according to state records obtained by The Gazette.
The chairs of the House and Senate agriculture committees earlier this month released competing frameworks for a new Farm Bill.
Mandi Remington, an Iowa City advocate, talks about what has caused increasing food security in Iowa, and what policy makers as well as all Iowans can do to address the problem
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