Food Insecurity

When I started writing for Wild About Utah, I made myself a promise that each piece would be a journey of learning. This month my journey led me to a venerable old apricot tree in a quiet neighborhood in southwest Logan.

The Cache County Senior Center is bursting at the seams. As the senior population continues to grow, demand for meals, activities, and services puts a strain on its limited space and resources.

USU's Student Nutrition Access Center, more commonly know as SNAC, is holding a food drive to help replenish dwindling food supplies.

In other news, Utah hunters have tried to donate game meat to food pantries, but have been turned away due to food and public health regulations on donated food.

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.