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Tuesday, November 24, 2020 3:06 PM
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Monday, November 23, 2020 11:18 AM
Urban Dreams is working with local nonprofits and Hy-Vee stores to distribute approximately 475 Thanksgiving meal packs today to people in need.
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Friday, November 20, 2020 6:00 AM
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Tuesday, November 17, 2020 2:59 PM
As Central Iowa Shelter & Services plans to expand agriculture opportunities for residents in downtown Des Moines, its new greenhouse project claims a bit of inspiration from deserts in the Middle East.
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Monday, November 16, 2020 11:31 AM
The Double Up Food Bucks program recently resumed after it was paused because initial funding through the CARES Act was depleted as demand caused by the coronavirus pandemic soared.
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Tuesday, November 10, 2020 11:50 AM
Food insecurity is closely rooted in other issues of poverty, and the issues must be addressed together if solutions to food insecurity are to be found, according to people on the front lines of the fight against hunger and food insecurity in Iowa.
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Tuesday, October 27, 2020 10:44 AM
If you didn’t get a chance to attend this year’s World Food Prize Foundation Borlaug Dialogue or the Iowa Hunger Summit, here’s what you may have missed.
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Monday, October 26, 2020 10:27 AM
The Food Bank of Iowa has opened 16 off-site food pantries to serve families of the nearly 80% of Des Moines Public School District students who qualified for free and reduced meals during the 2019-2020 school year, the Food Bank of Iowa announced this week.
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Wednesday, October 21, 2020 11:08 AM
More than 41,000 pounds of turkey deli meat will be delivered to food banks across Iowa as part of the Turkey-to-Table program.
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Thursday, October 15, 2020 3:08 PM
A global pandemic won’t stop the annual Comfort Food Cook-Off fundraiser, Family Promise of Greater Des Moines announced this week.
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Thursday, October 15, 2020 3:07 PM
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Iowa has announced its sponsorship of the Child and Adult Care Food Program.
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Wednesday, October 14, 2020 3:38 PM
Variety — the Children’s Charity is donating $30,000 to the Food Bank of Iowa to support the BackPack program and school pantries. According to a news release, the donation will provide up to 120,000 meals for children in need across Iowa.
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Tuesday, October 13, 2020 2:47 PM
More than 53,000 free meals were distributed in Des Moines this summer to families and residents as part of a program to help those in need because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Tuesday, October 13, 2020 2:45 PM
The role healthy soil plays in climate change and food insecurity was laid out in an opening presentation of this week’s World Food Prize Borlaug Dialogue, with speakers suggesting that a national policy on soil health should be adopted.
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Tuesday, October 13, 2020 12:21 PM
Iowans facing food insecurity have redeemed more than $1 million in fruits and vegetables at farmers markets and grocery stores using Double Up Food Bucks since it began as a pilot program in 2016, the Iowa Healthiest State Initiative announced.
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