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WATCH: How A Break In The Nation’s Food Supply Caused Regional Food Companies To Soar
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — During the first months of the pandemic, as industrial meat plants closed and grocery stores experienced shortages, some mid-sized local food companies saw an unexpected boom in… Read More
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Marshall University Sets Benefit for Food Bank
By: Associated Press
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Two authors with West Virginia ties will deliver readings at Marshall University this week to benefit the Facing Hunger Foodbank. The event is at 7 p.m…. Read More
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Fewer U.S. Households Are Going Hungry. But Cuts In Food Aid Loom
By: Pam Fessler | NPR
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Some 14 million U.S. households are struggling to get enough to eat — a return to pre-recession levels. The USDA data comes as the Trump administration proposes tightening eligibility for food aid.
![Inside the All People's Market, customers can choose fresh fruits and vegetables, which allows them to use SNAP benefits at grocery stores.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/inside_the_market-e1567608231593-900x422.jpg)
Food Pantries Serving More Customers As Fears Over Economy Grow
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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The numbers of low-income Ohioans turning to food pantries for help are climbing. And with signs of trouble for the economy on the horizon, advocates at Ohio’s 12 regional foodbanks… Read More
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Dairy Dilemma: Food Shelters Awash In Surplus Milk They Can’t Afford To Store
By: Glynis Board | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Cyndi Kirkhart has some 26,000 square feet of warehouse space at the Facing Hunger Food Bank in Huntington, West Virginia, where she is executive director. That sounds like a lot of space…. Read More
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Season Extension: Low Tunnels on a Budget
Learn the basics of small-scale season extension techniques to increase the length of your growing season. Join us for a discussion about cold hardy crops, building low tunnels, tunnel maintenance,… Read More
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Garlic Planting Workshop!
Don’t know what to do with your garden over the winter? This workshop, followed by a hands on garlic planting, will teach the basics of planting garlic, how to tend… Read More