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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
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
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.
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
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
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
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