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Meet new Meals from the Heartland executive director Chuck Current

There is one specific sign to look for to signal that Chuck Current, executive director of Meals from the Heartland, is going to ask for money.

He’s wearing long pants.

Current loves to wear shorts. …

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Iowa food hubs sell over $4 million of local food in 2024

Food hubs, which are small distribution businesses that specialize in local foods, sold over $4.3 million in 2024 in local foods to grocery stores, households, restaurants, school districts, food access organizations and other customers across …

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Meals from the Heartland surpasses 1 million local meals distributed

Meals from the Heartland has announced more than 1 million meals have been distributed to food banks and food pantries across Iowa as of June 1, surpassing the 952,000 local meals distributed in all of …

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Polk County, Meals on Wheels partner to provide meals for veterans

The Polk County Board of Supervisors has unanimously approved funding for Meals on Wheels to facilitate daily meal deliveries to veterans in Polk County. The new agreement between WesleyLife Community Services, operator of Meals on …

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World Food Prize Foundation to host meal packaging event during 2025 hunger summit

The World Food Prize Foundation announced it will be partnering with Meals From the Heartland to host a meal packaging service event during the the 19th annual Iowa Hunger Summit on June 16. Volunteers will …

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33 schools to receive Choose Iowa food purchasing grants

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced 33 schools or school districts have received grants to participate in the Choose Iowa Food Purchasing Program for Schools. The one-year pilot program aims to connect Iowa schools …

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Double Up Food Bucks expands to all Fareway locations in Iowa

The Iowa Healthiest State Initiative’s Double Up Food Bucks program has expanded its partnership with Fareway to offer the program at every Fareway location in Iowa. The addition of 76 Fareway stores will make the …

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Feeding America study: Food insecurity has increased in every Iowa county

Food insecurity is up in all 99 Iowa counties.

That’s according to Feeding America’s annual Map the Meal Gap study. One in eight Iowans (12%) and one in six Iowa children (16.6%) face food insecurity, …

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Brazilian scientist whose work has reduced input costs, increased yields, named 2025 World Food Prize laureate

Mariangela Hungria, a microbiologist from Brazil, has been named the 2025 World Food Prize laureate. In this photo from the World Food Prize, she is inspecting plants in a lab.

A Brazilian microbiologist whose innovation …

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Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive going metro-wide on Saturday

The National Association of Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger food drive is returning on Saturday. A national effort of NALC, the Stamp Out Hunger food drive asks residents to set food donations out for collection …

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