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Southeast Ohio Foodbank loses 162,000 pounds of food to canceled federal shipments
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — Decisions at the federal level will once again have a direct impact on dinner tables throughout southeast Ohio. The Trump administration canceled $500 million… Read More

Already strained from years of high inflation, food banks and pantries brace for worse with the outbreak of a trade war
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — When prices go up, more people struggle to pay for food. That’s the lesson the last three years have taught the Southeast Ohio Foodbank…. Read More

HAPCAP celebrates the grand opening of its new market and training hub
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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LOGAN, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — One of the big challenges for food banks, pantries and HAPCAP is ensuring visitors get food they actually want and need. At a typical… Read More

Warehouse workers feel the strain as Congress debates food bank funding
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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LOGAN, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — If someone in southeast Ohio picks up food from a food pantry, it probably stopped at the Southeast Ohio Foodbank warehouse first. The warehouse… Read More

Food banks in Ohio feel relief as a state budget compromise restores additional funding
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — A conference committee has restored some additional funding for Ohio food banks in the state’s upcoming two-year budget. The House had given the Ohio… Read More

Ohio Senate’s budget scraps $15 million boost for food banks
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — The Ohio Senate has significantly reduced funding for state food banks in its version of the state operating budget. The Ohio House has proposed… Read More

Record-high food shortages hits Southeast Ohio communities
By: Max Brunke
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Shelves at a regional warehouse that supplies food to struggling families throughout southeast Ohio are looking bleak. “We have empty racks in our warehouse for the… Read More

National Guard to Assist Southeast Ohio Foodbank During Coronavirus Pandemic
By: WOUB News Team
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LOGAN, Ohio (WOUB) – Members of the Ohio National Guard are expected to arrive at the Southeast Ohio Foodbank on March 23 to help across the foodbank’s 10-county service area…. Read More