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Alliant Energy, Hy-Vee partner to provide food boxes for families in Iowa communities

Alliant Energy is partnering with area Hy-Vee grocery stores to provide 1,000 food boxes for families in Burlington, Cedar Rapids/Marion, Clinton, Dubuque, Ottumwa, Marshalltown and Mason City, Alliant Energy announced this week. Four Oaks Family …

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Hunger Free Holidays looks to raise $1 million to fight food insecurity

Food Bank of Iowa has launched Hunger Free Holidays to help those struggling with food insecurity during the holiday season. The goal of the annual fundraiser is to raise $1 million, which will provide up …

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Wells Fargo donates $100,000 to fight food insecurity this holiday season

Wells Fargo has donated $100,000 to the Food Bank of Iowa to help provide meals to residents in need this holiday season. According to a news release, the donation will help put 400,000 meals on …

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DMARC, Hy-Vee partner to provide Thanksgiving meals

Bags containing the makings for a Thanksgiving meal await distribution after Hy-Vee employees compiled the meal packages on Nov. 19. The packages were distributed at DMARC mobile food pantry sites and Des Moines public school …

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The answer to food insecurity is found in fight against poverty

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 …

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CISS plans to expand greenhouse, offering food and opportunity to Des Moines residents

Design plans for the expanded greenhouse project provided by Central Iowa Shelter & Services.

As Central Iowa Shelter & Services plans to expand agriculture opportunities for residents in downtown Des Moines, its new greenhouse project claims …

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Double Up Food Bucks resumes with additional funding, explores partnerships for sustainability

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.

Organizers with the Iowa Healthiest State …

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Iowa Stops Hunger: The answer to food insecurity is found in fight against poverty

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 …

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World Food Prize, Iowa Hunger Summit: What you need to know

Rattan Lal, the 2020 World Food Prize Laureate is pictured working in a field in. Lal, distinguished professor and director of the Carbon Management and Sequestration Center at Ohio State University, is considered a pioneer …

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Food Bank of Iowa opens 16 pantries for Des Moines Public School District families

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 …

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