Food Insecurity

Lea Palmer, from USU's Hunger Solutions and Create Better Health discusses how farmer's markets across Utah play an important role in food security for our communities.

Utah State University President Elizabeth Cantwell signed onto the PUSH campaign, committing to focus on projects meant to end hunger and food insecurity in the community and on campus.

The Miracle of Agriculture Foundation and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints partnered this month to send semi-truck loads of food to families in need.

Loaves and Fishes volunteer meal coordinators Lisa Simmons, Emily Malik and Amber Summers-Graham share memorable moments, triumphs and catastrophes from volunteering with the Loaves and Fishes Community Meal in Cache Valley.

The Utah Food Bank has received funding for distributing what it calls more "culturally responsive" foods.

Policy changes have made major strides in reducing child poverty over the past several decades, but there is still more to be done.

About one in five adults reported experiencing food insecurity in the previous 30 days. Al Switzler joins us to discuss Tabitha’s Way, a Utah-based food pantry.

In her new book, Jessica Fanzo explores how in the context of the broad global trends of population growth, climate crisis and inequitable food availability, food systems need to be re-oriented to ensure they can produce enough food to nourish the world.

The Utah Food Bank is seeing a large number of individuals in need of their services because of COVID-19 and rising inflation rates.

The survey found that food insecurity disproportionately impacts women, first-generation students, students of color and rural students.