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News Articles: food insecurity

Caring For Others hosted its 24th annual food and household goods distribution event on Nov. 23 in Atlanta. The nonprofit distributed to several hundred families poultry, vegetables and other Thanksgiving fixings along with household goods like blankets and comforters. Photo from Caring For Others

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Georgia nonprofits help needy families put food on the table during holiday season

A nonprofit organization found that 1.1 million Georgians were food insecure over two weeks in August and September this year, a number that is significantly higher than during the height of the pandemic.

December 23, 2024
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
A man stands next to a truck with a Georgia Hunters for the Hungry logo, and eight hundred pounds of venison.

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  • Environment

Georgia nonprofit helps deer hunters provide enough meat for 500,000 people in need this season

Thanks to a partnership with the Department of Natural Resources, the Georgia Wildlife Federation’s Hunters for the Hungry program has provided nearly half a million meals' worth of venison to people in need.

November 22, 2024
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By:
  • Chase McGee
Kids at the Boys and Girls Club on Anthony Road in Macon get their second helpings of fresh fruit and vegetables through the Happy Helpings summer food program recently.

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  • Economy

Hungry Georgia kids now have another way to find meals this summer

A program of the US Department of Agriculture aimed at stemming child hunger during the summer school break has officially begun in Georgia.

June 26, 2024
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  • Grant Blankenship
Palestinian people with empty bowls wait for food at a donation point in Rafah. A report out this week shows widespread hunger and malnutrition in Gaza but stopped short of declaring it a "famine."

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  • World

There's already 'catastrophic' hunger in Gaza. Who decides when to call it a 'famine?'

A report out this week says hunger, malnutrition and even starvation are widespread in Gaza, but stopped short of declaring it a 'famine.' Here's a primer on what that means, and who gets to decide.

March 22, 2024
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By:
  • Nurith Aizenman
The Grocery Spot is written in Black spray paint on the side of a white bus. Mutual aid is written on the back. has been offering free groceries from their Atlanta store since 2021. Now they're asking for more donations and volunteers to serve more people.

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  • News

Atlanta free grocery distributor asks community for support

A nonprofit grocery store working to fight food insecurity in Atlanta is asking the community to help it stay open and keep its shelves filled.

March 14, 2024
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  • Amanda Andrews
food bank supply

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  • Food

Possible shortfalls for federal food assistance have stakeholders on edge

Some nutrition programs are at risk of funding shortfalls as politicians spar over federal spending. Supplemental nutrition programs help millions of people every year who otherwise could not afford food.

December 18, 2023
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
The increase in food insecurity in 2022 reverses a decade-long decline in the number of U.S. households experiencing hunger.

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  • Health

Millions of American families struggle to get food on the table, report finds

17 million U.S. households were food insecure in 2022. That's 3.5 million more than the prior year. Families with children and people of color experienced higher than average rates of food insecurity.

October 26, 2023
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  • Maria Godoy
Laila Aseel, 24, holds her 1-year-old daughter, Aram. Aseel came to the hospital from an internally displaced persons camp, where she was living with her husband and four children after fleeing fighting in the north. She says she is unable to feed her kids more than one meal a day; when she arrived at the hospital, her daughter was near death from malnutrition.

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  • Global Health

Report from Yemen: The fate of the children

Peace talks and diplomatic progress have raised hopes of an end to the war. But has there been any progress in addressing the country's devastating degree of hunger?

September 15, 2023
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  • Fatma Tanis
GPB News NPR

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  • Global Health

Small-scale farmers in Africa will be the beneficiaries of huge humanitarian prize

The nonprofit group One Acre Fund wants smallholder farms to grow more, earn more and feed more people. The organization just won a $2.5 million award from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation.

September 07, 2023
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  • Gabriel Spitzer
Leanna Pierre and Kristin Elliot prepare ingredients for a red beans and rice dish.

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  • Agents for Change

'Great American Recipe' finalist Leanna Pierre is using her platform to educate on food insecurity

A Georgia native and finalist on this season of GPB’s The Great American Recipe is using her platform to educate on the issue of food insecurity and summer hunger. In the Atlanta Community Food Bank's Learning Kitchen, Leanna Pierre taught viewers how to recreate two of her favorite recipes and asked them to get involved in improving their communities.

August 05, 2023
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  • Allexa Ceballos
Anti-tank obstacles on a wheat field at a farm in southern Ukraine's Mykolaiv region. The country's grain exports were curtailed this week when Russia pulled out of a deal that allowed grain-laden ships to sail out of Ukrainian ports.

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  • Global Health

Russia's nixing of Ukraine grain deal deepens worries about global food supply

Since the war began, there's been concern about getting Ukrainian grain to countries in need. A deal was struck in 2022 to keep exports flowing — but Russia put an end to it on Monday.

July 19, 2023
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  • Andrew Connelly
Troup County food distribution

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  • News

Tens of thousands of Georgians at risk of losing food assistance under state’s new work rules

Food assistance advocates contend that a Georgia agency’s refusal to apply for a federal work exemption puts thousands of Georgians in danger of losing much-needed monthly payments for groceries.

July 17, 2023
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  • Stanley Dunlap
Sheena Hartry hands out lunch bags to kids at a neighborhood in south Macon during the second to last week of the Bibb County School District's mobile summer lunch program.

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  • Children's Health

Feeding thousands of kids a day during the summer takes a lot of work. For many, it's crucial

Federally funded summer meal programs, like the one run by the Bibb County School District in Macon, fill the gap during for families experiencing food insecurity.

July 11, 2023
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  • Sofi Gratas
Fulton County families make the first bags after the County Clerk office held a ribbon cutting for their new food pantry June 12, 2023.

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  • News

'We see it all the time': Fulton County Clerk addresses food insecurity

Community leaders joined Fulton County officials to open a new food pantry as prices rise and more people need help feeding their families.

June 12, 2023
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  • Amanda Andrews
Christina visited the Atlanta Zoo with her grandchildren Moriyah and Cayden. (Sherri Feliccia/ISDD)

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  • News

Project GRANDD helps grandparents raise their grandchildren

Grandparents who raise grandchildren with disabilities can find aid and resources from Project GRAND, the largest kinship family services provider in metro Atlanta. 

April 27, 2023
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  • Bob Pepalis
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