According to WVU’s Science and Technology Note, West Virginia experiences the highest rates of food insecurity in the country. Food assistance programs are proven to combat food […]
Tag: food insecurity
Helping the food insecure
Representatives from more than a dozen local nonprofit organizations that serve people in need of food gathered Thursday morning for a discussion on how they can work […]
Pantry Plus More: Hearts combating hunger every day
Growling bellies don’t care about intellectual growth or academic progress. In other words, if you’re a kid in Monongalia County, and you went to bed hungry last […]
Guest essay: CTC can help end child hunger
by Josephine Reece According to Hunger Free WV, one in nine West Virginians go hungry every day, and one in seven children in our state are dealing […]
W.Va. Senate right to advance campus food insecurity bill
House of Delegates must follow suit “My first year in college, I lost 20 pounds,” said Sen. Mike Azinger as he voted against a “hunger-free” campus bill. […]
WVU campus food pantry adds new location, combats student food insecurity
West Virginia University’s student food pantry, The Rack, has sought to provide accessible resources to students facing food insecurity since 2010. Last month marked the opening of […]
College students testify for bill to alleviate food insecurity
CHARLESTON — College students from West Virginia and Marshall universities testified about experiences with food insecurity in support of a bill called the “Hunger Free Campus Act,” […]
The Good, the Bad and the Stupid 1
Welcome to the first “The Good, the Bad and the Stupid” of the 2024 regular legislative session. For those who are unfamiliar with this annual tradition: Every […]
How to solve food insecurity: Stop trashing edible food
New York and California recently passed laws to keep edible foods out of landfills — and hopefully into the hands of hungry people. California’s law went into […]
Guest essay: Voices of Hunger: Right to food is a human right
by Madison Staten Voices of Hunger is a collective of people working to break the cycles of poverty that exacerbate household food insecurity, which is a precondition […]
