Food Security

Every week for the past eight years, Janet Matzen has been cooking as a form of service and activism.

Cape Fear Food Council is making preparations for food relief efforts under COVID-19 restrictions as hurricane season arrives in North Carolina.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Elise Cutini led her Silicon Valley-based nonprofit to rapidly raise and distribute funds to address the mounting needs of the foster youth they serve.

Relationships prove powerful as food organizations in Charlotte coordinate to meet rising demand.

Sin posibilidades de trabajar, las trabajadoras domésticas y los jornaleros luchan por sobrevivir a las consecuencias económicas de la pandemia de COVID-19.

Unable to work, Latino domestic workers and day laborers struggle to survive the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hurricane Harvey prepared Coastal Bend Food Bank and other emergency assistance organizations to better respond during the pandemic.

Rebuilding his life after addiction and homelessness, Richard Barber turns to service for his neighbors.

The East Oakland Collective activates its city-wide network to support at-risk and underserved communities through the pandemic.

Oakland at Risk matches high-risk residents with neighbors who are ready to offer support.

Dining room managers for Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa are still serving meals, but miss gathering around a table.

White Pony Express is adapting every aspect of its operations to fight the growing food insecurity crisis in Contra Costa, California.

With health issues that make her vulnerable to the coronavirus, 85-year-old Eloise is adjusting to life in quarantine.

Homeless, living with HIV, and lacking antiretroviral medication, Bella Casebolt is fighting to survive.

For many Texans concerned during the COVID-19 crisis, the 211 hotline offers verified information, reassurance, resources, and compassion.

For Oakland’s unhoused population, survival during the COVID-19 crisis becomes harder by the day, but advocate Derrick Soo isn’t slowing down.

While Austin shelters in place during the COVID-19 crisis, Mutchler finds new appreciation for his job at a local grocery store.

Mutual aid organizations are forming across the country to fill in the gaps for their communities affected by COVID-19

Groups addressing food insecurity are scrambling to stock clients’ pantries with food during a sudden pandemic.

On a 3.5 acre farm in East Austin, Urban Roots serves teens and young adults through paid internships that focus not just on farming, but also on their growth as leaders and good citizens.

The Mercy Brown Bag Program in Alameda County, California has been providing meals for seniors for more than three decades, and now it has a new way to do it: a special delivery truck.