Food insecurity

This year, about 121 million people have been pushed to the edge of starvation.

Like Little Free Libraries that offer free books for people in a neighborhood, the pantries offer a way for community members to donate food.

Schools are trying to assess student needs through the summer, and possibly through the coming year

A new Marketplace-Edison Research Poll puts numbers to what we've been seeing and experiencing.

Unemployment is at historic lows but some workers still face hurdles to work.

The USDA's report on "Household Food Security in the U.S." uses a variety of measures to gauge whether households are food insecure, such as whether people have had to skip a meal or reduce the size of a meal for financial reasons.

The AARP estimates more than 10 million people 50 and older are at risk of going hungry every day in the United States. In Florida, where many baby boomers retire, this food insecurity is compounded by a lack of public transportation. Some food banks are holding food drops to bring food and other health-related events […]

You may think of food deserts as an urban phenomenon. But they exist in rural towns too.

Food banks and other organizations are coming up with contingency plans in case funding is cut from the federal budget.

Here's how they cope.