Food banks

As jobs vanish, incomes drop and food prices rise, more Americans are going to bed hungry — and advocates warn that without intervention from Congress, those numbers could rise to a level unseen in modern times, NBC News reports.

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a state and federal initiative Wednesday to connect farmers and ranchers with excess produce to food banks around the state. According to Newsom, food banks have seen a 73 percent increase in demand since the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic began, while farmers and ranchers have seen demand for their crops and other food fall by half. With…

With businesses and restaurants ceasing their purchases of food as they close during the pandemic, many farms have a surplus of food that is rotting in the fields. Meanwhile food banks are running out of supplies and turning families away empty-handed, but farms can’t afford to hire workers to harvest food they can’t sell.

Hundreds of cars lined up at a food drive in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as organizations try to help people through the coronavirus pandemic. In Oklahoma City, the lines of cars even caused traffic delays.

Second Harvest of Silicon Valley Service area: All of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties Website shfb.org How to get help with food: visit their website (https://www.shfb.org/get-food/) or call their Food Connection Hotline: 1-800-984-3663 Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. How to donate money: Donate online on their website: https://www.shfb.org/give-help/donate-funds/ How to volunteer: Sign-up on our website: https://www.shfb.org/give-help/volunteer/ Food...

Sonoma Raceway collected and delivered more than a ton of non-perishable food and $2,400 in cash donations to two Sonoma County food banks during its annual food drive.

Our NBC Bay Area and Telemundo 48 anchors and reporters, along with dozens of volunteers, have fanned out at Safeways across the Bay Area to get the word out about the annual “Feed the Need” food drive.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn squared off Tuesday in the first live televised debate of Britain’s election, each trying to spark a lackluster campaign to life.

Chick-fil-A announced it will take a different approach to its charitable giving in 2020 following years of protests from LGBTQ groups that have taken issue with the Atlanta-based food chain’s donations to organizations that do not support gay rights. “Staying true to its mission of nourishing the potential in every child, the Chick-fil-A Foundation will deepen its giving to a...

People who were too young on 9/11 to even remember their lost loved ones, and others for whom the grief is still raw, paid tribute with wreath-layings and the solemn roll call of the dead Wednesday as America marked the 18th anniversary of the worst terror attack on U.S. soil.

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If milk is a few days past its “Sell By” date, is it safe to drink? U.S. regulators are urging food-makers to be more consistent with labeling terms like “Best By” and “Enjoy By” that cause confusion. By clarifying the meaning of such dates, they are trying to prevent people from prematurely tossing products and to reduce the mountains of...

President Donald Trump rolled out another $16 billion in aid for farmers hurt by his trade policies, and financial markets shook Thursday on the growing realization that the U.S. and China are far from settling a bitter, year-long trade dispute. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said that the first of three payments is likely to be made in July or...

It’s been just over a month since the federal government reopened, yet Dallas airport transportation security administration officer Becky Mancha is still waiting to receive part of a paycheck she missed during the partial government shutdown. “Unfortunately, the checks are not coming up correctly, so now I’m trying to figure out exactly what they paid me for and what am...

Doris Cochran, a disabled mother of two young boys, is stockpiling canned foods these days, filling her shelves with noodle soup, green beans, peaches and pears—anything that can last for months, or even years. Her pantry looks like she’s preparing for a winter storm. But she’s just trying to make sure her family won’t go hungry if her food stamps...

Food pantries in eastern Iowa and western Illinois are being flooded with milk donations under a federal program to buy and distribute nearly $50 million in dairy products to compensate farmers hurt by trade tariffs. River Bend Foodbank CEO Mike Miller told the Quad-City Times that about 80,000 half-gallons of milk will be distributed to food pantries across the Quad-City...

NBC Bay Area and Telemundo 48 will team up with Safeway’s “Feed the Need” food drive on Saturday, November 17, kicking off a month-long effort to fight hunger in the Bay Area.

NBC Bay Area and Telemundo 48 are teaming up with Safeway’s “Feed the Need” food drive on Saturday, Nov. 17, kicking off a month-long effort to fight hunger in the Bay Area.

NBC Bay Area and Telemundo 48 are teaming up with Safeway’s “Feed the Need” food drive, kicking off a month-long effort to fight hunger in the Bay Area. Laura Sambol reports.

Many farmers remain critical of President Donald Trump’s tariffs and the damage done to commodity prices and markets but were appreciative Tuesday that he offered to provide some cash to help offset their losses. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a $12 billion three-part plan that would borrow money from the U.S. Treasury to pay producers of soybeans, sorghum, corn,...