Food banks across Illinois were left scrambling earlier this month when the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced ...

As confusion swirls about funding for a USDA grant, DeKalb nonprofit Rooted for Good stops providing produce to local food ...

Food Pantry Network - Heart of Illinois is leading a Clean for a Cause campaign. The general public is invited to get ...

The Illinois Department of Agriculture announced the end of the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program and Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program.

With 6,000 USDA jobs hanging in the balance as a federal board looks into their termination, funding cuts have impacted ...

More than $1 billion in assistance that usually flows into the U.S. Department of Agriculture for two programs that help ...

Food banks across Illinois were left scrambling earlier this month when the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced ...

Formerly the Illinois Deer Donation Program, Hunters Feeding Illinois expanded this year with new partners and increased ...

During the 2024-25 deer hunting season, the program provided 24,278 pounds of venison to 54 local food pantries.

Matt Helms, who grows corn at Helms Farms in Belleville, supplied popcorn kernels from his business, Ella and Ollie Popcorn, to food banks through the Illinois EATS program. He had also hoped the ...

Food banks across the country, already strained by rising demand, say they will have less food to distribute because of at ...