Some with high incomes are facing food insecurity
Inflation has more people turning to food banks for help, including people with six-figure incomes struggling to feed their families. Mark Strassmann has the story.
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Inflation has more people turning to food banks for help, including people with six-figure incomes struggling to feed their families. Mark Strassmann has the story.
A report from the USAID inspector general says that almost $500 million in food assistance is sitting in ports, ships and warehouses.
SAME Café in Toledo, Ohio, is addressing food insecurity by offering meals in exchange for volunteer work, donations or fresh produce. The café's model, founded by Brad Reubendale, prioritizes dignity and community.
The "CBS Mornings'" series "Rebuilding America" shows how a California organization is helping to provide neighbors with better access to fruits and vegetables in food deserts.
Ongoing fighting between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and an armed militia group called M-23 has left the African country in one of the world's largest humanitarian crises. The United Nations estimates roughly a quarter of the country faces food insecurity, forcing more than seven million people to leave their homes. Amy Pope, the director general of the International Organization for Migration, joins CBS News to discuss the situation.
Public schools in Wisconsin are turning to indoor gardens to get fresh produce to their cafeteria tables.
Several dozen schools in Wisconsin have installed Flex Farms at their schools, growing hundreds of pounds of healthy produce a month that feeds thousands of students. Roxana Saberi reports.
Born in a crucial time of need at the start of the pandemic, this organization began with a scrappy operation. Four million meals later, the Seva Collective has continued to grow.
Born in a crucial time of need at the start of the pandemic, this organization began with a scrappy operation. Four million meals later, the Seva Collective has continued to grow, bringing on new volunteers, partnering with food banks, companies and farms, and hosting special toy and clothing drives.
According to the United Nations Environment Programme, humans wasted 19% of all available food in 2022. That's equivalent to one billion meals per day. Brian Roe, agricultural and environmental economics professor at Ohio State University, joins CBS News to discuss the implications.
Many college students in the U.S. are facing food insecurity, and an increasing number are now turning to on-campus food pantries. Elise Preston takes a look at the food pantry at UC Davis and the students who work there and rely on it.
Children "shouldn't go hungry because they lose access" to school meals, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said.