Northern Illinois Food Bank recently celebrated the opening of the Wellness Food Connection food pantry at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove. This innovative program was designed ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — A new “neighborhood market” within the Northern Illinois Food Bank hopes to address the stigma of visiting a food pantry. The market is set up like a traditional ...

The Northern Illinois Food Bank is celebrating a milestone. It’s the 25th anniversary of the nonprofit’s Holiday Meal Box program. Volunteers at the food bank’s Geneva headquarters, and at ...

The Northern Illinois Food Bank said the food that does need to get tossed gets composted into natural fertilizer. Last year, more than 238,000 tons of food waste were composted.