hunger

A snapshot survey from Hunger Free America found food insecurity is up nearly 50% since 2021.

Hunger Free America found that nearly 66,000 Mainers didn't have enough food over a weeklong period in October. The group attributes much of the increase to inflation, as well as the expiration of the expanded federal child tax credit.

Since the pandemic began, and job losses have continued to mount, the numbers of those dealing with food insecurity in Maine has risen by 25 percent—and…

The Trump Administration has finalized new rules that state officials say would make more than one-thousand Mainers ineligible for food assistance,…

AUGUSTA, Maine - Maine would establish a right to food and move to end hunger by 2030 under a Democratic farmer's legislation. The bills are set for a…

Although Vermont is the healthiest state in the country, one in five children live in hunger. How can that be?In 2009 Vermont became the 6th hungriest…

AUGUSTA, Maine - It's estimated that in the U.S., one in seven people is "food insecure" - meaning they sometimes eat less, go hungry or eat less…

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) _ Maine Gov. Paul LePage says that more than 2,100 pounds of food was donated in the annual food drive at the Blaine House. The…

Tens of thousands of Maine school children are not getting the food they need to thrive and grow. This is despite several federally-funded programs, and…

Colby College in Waterville recently hosted a talk by Frances Moore Lappe, entitled: Food as Teacher: Four Decades Later, What Have We Learned?Frances…