Advocates warn that proposed cuts to federal food assistance programs could significantly impact thousands of Iowans who rely ...

Congress is debating a budget bill that could result in significant cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ...

“Food Bank of Iowa distributes more than 22-and-a-half million pounds of food every year, so our portion, a little over seven-million pounds, about a third of what we’re distributing is food ...

Food bank employee Ryan Hansen reaches for a can of potatoes while organizing shelves May 16 at the CommUnity Food Bank in Iowa City. The food back has served about 5,300 households so far in 2023 ...

Their relationship fractured Oct. 1, 2022, when the Food Bank of Iowa implemented a new contract addendum to its more than 300 food pantry partners to keep at least a three-day supply of food ...

Apart from the families served at the pantry, the food bank provides meals to Northeast Iowa residents in 16 counties. In 2024, this included 942,000 meals at 14 mobile food pantries; 45,000 meals ...

food bank of iowa is in the best position that it has ever been in its 43 year history. the challenges and the rewards of leading the organization every day there is something that breaks my heart.

HIAWATHA, Iowa (KCRG) - It’s a chance to connect Iowa farmers with Iowa food banks. It’s an expansion of the Choose Iowa program launched by the state Agriculture Department to support crops ...

HIAWATHA — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ rejection of $29 million in federal funding to provide summer food assistance for low-income families poses challenges, but an Eastern Iowa food bank said ...

River Bend Food Bank to help launch Iowa's new summer lunch program for kids Iowa is launching Healthy Kids Iowa to replace the federal EBT program that Gov. Kim Reynolds opted out of in August 2024.

Healthy Kids Iowa is a summertime food resource for Davis County families with children in the 4-18 age range who meet eligibility requirements.