food insecurity

At the beginning of the pandemic, as grocery store shelved emptied of essentials, many people in the U.S. got a taste of a world where food isn’t easy to come by. But as climate change threatens the planet, experts say mass food shortages are a real danger. That’s why people like Elizabeth Medgyesy of California’s Sonoma County are turning to...

The nonprofit One More Plate has handed out 15,000 plates of food to members of the homeless community in the D.C. area and Baltimore over the past year. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports on how it works.

Javier Albarran had worked in a hotel kitchen for more than 25 years when he lost his job last March due to the pandemic. Finding himself without insurance or the income he needed to get by, he said, “I didn’t know what to do.” When a friend asked him to take him to a food bank, Albarran overcame his embarrassment...

Qualifying Americans have begun receiving their stimulus checks from the federal government, and local nonprofits that feed the hungry say if anyone is fortunate enough to be able to donate some or even all of it, they could definitely use the help.

A new survey reveals a sharp increase in food insecurity over the past year. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

A campaign tied to the Tuesday debut of Michelle Obama’s children’s food show is aiming to provide more than one million meals to food insecure communities

What started out as a small family food drive in Northern Virginia has turned into a massive effort to fight food insecurity in the region. Amber Marchand, a mother of four, started Be the Good Project in June, as the pandemic made it hard for families to get food on the table. It has expanded to hundreds of volunteers and…

What started out as a small family food drive in Northern Virginia has turned into a massive effort to fight food insecurity in the region. News4’s Molette Green reports.

Rising food insecurity during the pandemic has hit children, too. News4’s Molette Green looks at two D.C. elementary schools’ efforts to ensure students are fed — no matter where class is held.

Organizing a meal train, or simply surprising a neighbor with a favorite dish, are just a couple of ways you can help those in need.

When Luisa Flores of Dallas, Texas, lost her father to COVID-19, it sparked a chain of events that drained her family’s savings and has left them reliant on food banks to eat. Her story is just one example of how the pandemic has devastated families and led to a spike in food insecurity across the country.

President Biden has directed the USDA to bolster the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. Luis Guardia, president of the Food Research and Action Center, joined LX News to explain why boosting SNAP is especially important to Black and Latino communities — which are disproportionately affected by hunger just as they are affected by COVID-19 at higher rates.

‘Honestly, I didn’t want to let my children down. And I was really scared because obviously I have five people to take care of. Honestly, I didn’t know what I was going to do.’

Edward Willis and Paulina Lopez have four children between the ages of 1 and 8. When they lost their income due to the pandemic, they faced themselves in a desperate struggle to make sure their children had food to eat and a place to sleep each day. The Los Angeles County couple shared their emotional journey through food and housing...

No child should be going hungry in the United States. But the number of children facing hunger in this country has shot up to 17 million since the pandemic started. Eleni Towns of No Kid Hungry joined LX News to discuss the long-term impact of this crisis and share how you can help.

Eating meat is not a sustainable way to keep feeding the growing population of the world. Some think insects are the answer. To produce the same amount of protein as cattle, crickets need about 12 times less feed. So, would you eat an insect diet to save the planet and stop world hunger? Yusuf Omar of Hashtag Our Stories joined...

Charles County Schools is expanding its food program to make it easier for parents to pick up meals during the day. News4’s Megan McGrath has more on the program and who can benefit.

Martha Mae Adams is a retired postal police officer who lives in New York City. After leaving that career for health reasons, she continued to support herself with the help of some income she made working with children. But COVID-19 ended that. She talked to NBCLX about overcoming her shame to accept donations from a food pantry during the pandemic....

More than a dozen colorful community refrigerators are now available on the streets of Chicago for people suffering from food insecurity. Ramon “Radius” Norwood and James Wurm joined LX News to discuss “The Love Fridge” program and how racial discrimination leads to food deserts in the city.

World Central Kitchen, the food relief organization founded by celebrity chef José Andrés, has provided about 35 million meals across the country since March as the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a spike in food insecurity. CEO Nate Mook joined LX News to talk about the need for an “all-inclusive approach” to America’s growing hunger crisis.