MORGANTOWN – Waste not, want not. As many as 1 in 5 children across West Virginia go to bed with growling bellies every night. That number comes from Feeding America, the national watchdog group – and it isn’t just about socioeconomic malaise in the mountains. Said ...
Counting your blessings – one canned good at a time. That’s how Brian Kiehl saw it when he learned of the Commodity Supplemental Food Service Program, which is a component of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It’s an outreach branch of the USDA that offers various food items ...
MORGANTOWN — Statewide, 600 households with senior citizens — including 300 in the Mountaineer Food Bank coverage area — are no longer eligible for the state’s Senior Food Box Program. In the 48 counties covered by the Mountaineer Food Bank, $1.7 million used to purchase fresh food ...
MORGANTOWN -- MORGANTOWN — The need and the funding for food programs are heading in opposite directions according to one local official. “This is really not a political issue,” Tom Bloom said. “This is common sense. Of all the programs to cut, why would you cut the most essential ...
According to WVU’s Science and Technology Note, West Virginia experiences the highest rates of food insecurity in the country. Food assistance programs are proven to combat food scarcity, and Food for Preston is a prime example that supports hundreds of Preston County students each ...
Representatives from more than a dozen local nonprofit organizations that serve people in need of food gathered Thursday morning for a discussion on how they can work together to better serve a growing food insecure population in Monongalia County. “Food insecurity is not just the ...