food insecurity

The Department of Health and Senior Services is looking for local non-profits to help provide food to school-age children facing food insecurity during the summer months.

The Missouri Foundation for Health (MFH) has launched a new initiative focusing on access to culturally relevant foods.

Pregnant women, postpartum women and children under age five could use federally subsidized vouchers at farmers’ markets under a new bill being discussed…

In 2016, about 1 million Missourians were food insecure. In the past three years, that number has dropped to 865,000, or approximately 15% of the…

Jars of peanut butter and packets of veggie chili mix sit on metal shelves in a white room, ready to be picked up by hungry University of Missouri…

While the nation continues to see a decline in the number of people experiencing food insecurity, Missouri is one of a handful of states that saw an…

The USDA estimates that more than 2 million people live in rural food deserts, or low-income communities more than 10 miles from a grocery store. Four…

The 2013 edition of the Missouri Hunger Atlas is a 145-page-strong document and, according to one of its main creators, has more than you'd ever want to…

The 2013 edition of the Missouri Hunger Atlas is a 145-page-strong document and, according to one of its main creators, has more than you'd ever want to…

A report from the University of Missouri’s Interdisciplinary Center for Food Security shows more than one in five Missouri households with children are…