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![All the 2023-2024 COMCorps members stand together at their Christmas party.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Comcorps-Christmas-party-e1717007037133-900x422.jpg)
COMCorps celebrates 25 years of serving children and others in southeast Ohio
By: Claire Schiopota
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — After traveling up and down the winding roads northeast from the city of Athens, visitors arrive at a white, open-door barn surrounded by spring fields of… Read More
![A person puts powdered milk into a baby bottle.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/shutterstock_454504717-e1707169519878-900x422.jpg)
Congressional inaction on WIC puts access to baby formula at risk for low-income Ohioans
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — Budget gridlock in Washington could mean low-income women in southeast Ohio lose access to baby formula through WIC. The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for… Read More
![Fruits and vegetables on display at a farmer's market stall.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/farmers-market-3-e1700586875159-900x422.jpg)
ARPA funds made 2023 a bumper year for the Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program, but 2024 funding may shrink
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — The Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program that gives seniors money to buy local produce served a record number of people in southeast Ohio this… Read More
![Food items available at the Mobile food bank site in Gallia County](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Image-from-iOS-scaled-e1665586697653-900x422.jpg)
The demand on food pantries has ballooned two months after the end of pandemic-era benefits
ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — When the pandemic-era boost to low-income food assistance expired in March, many worried that families in southeast Ohio would suffer. Two months later, those… Read More
![Potato chips and salted nuts on a psychedelic background.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/food-swaps-ultraprocessed-1_custom-fe7c9239f9c2d110e57a74653cd960cee41bc271-scaled-e1685308037976-900x422.jpg)
How to cut back on junk food in your child’s diet – and when not to worry
By: Maria Godoy | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Trust me, I know how exhausting it can be to figure out how to feed your kids a healthy diet while also living in the real… Read More
![President Joe Biden speaks during the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ap22271551292130_wide-d354570da30b7b85ac3fe191704c0ad2f82a1e16-scaled-e1664399785643-900x422.jpg)
Key takeaways from Biden’s conference on hunger and nutrition in America
By: Ximena Bustillo | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — President Biden pushed for Congress to permanently extend the child tax credit, raise the minimum wage and expand nutrition assistance programs to help reduce hunger rates… Read More
![Cans sit unused on the shelves of the Baker University Center Food Pantry](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Screen-Shot-2018-04-17-at-11.51.28-AM-e1523983190664-900x422.png)
Nutrition Program Summer Expansion Could Aid Nearly 2 Million Ohio Valley Children
By: Liam Niemeyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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MURRAY, Ky. (OVR) — The Biden administration announced Monday the expansion of a nutrition program, born amid the start of the pandemic, that could provide more food to nearly 2… Read More
![Just three crops — wheat, corn and rice — make up nearly 60 percent of the plant-based calories in most diets, according to a new report. Above, a farmer inspects a plant in her dry maize field on March 13 in Zimbabwe.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/gettyimages-1130995498-eb0b8b87037197c7912380fb3288d3814f30dcb4-e1553532605213-900x422.jpg)
For A Healthier Planet, Eat These 50 Foods, Campaign Urges
By: Eleanor Beardsley | NPR
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Global reliance on just a handful of crops for calories is hurting the environment — and wildlife, a new report says. It urges the world to diversify its diet to save plant and animal species alike.
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The OUtlet: Season 6, Show 3
By: Abby Grisez
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This is the October 3rd, 2017 broadcast of The OUtlet from WOUB News. On this week’s show, our reporters will tell you about a new shop in Athens that is… Read More