The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reveals that 13.5 percent of households experienced hunger due to a lack of food or money last year, that's up from 12.8 percent in 2022 and 10.2 percent ...

If you're in need of food assistance, call the USDA National Hunger Hotline at 866-348-6479 or 877-8-HAMBRE (877-842-6273) between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. Eastern time. You can also text an automated ...

But not all food banks can turn to private and corporate donors to make up for loss of USDA-supplied food. Feeding Southwest Virginia, which serves 26 mostly rural counties, had 10 truckloads ...

While the food bank worked with local growers and producers before the USDA’s Local Food Purchasing Agreement program, Williams said the federal funding helped them be more strategic: for ...