OUR MISSION

Our mission is to end hunger, in collaboration with Kentucky’s Feeding America Food Banks and partners, through advocacy and resource development.

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OUR PROGRAMS

Farms to Food Banks

The Farms to Food Banks program provides fresh, healthy produce to Kentuckians in need while reducing losses for farmers.

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KY Kids Eat

Kentucky Kids Eat ensures kids get the food they need by increasing access to school breakfast, school meals, and afterschool meals.

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PRESS ROOM

Farm to Food Bank Program Provides Much Needed Produce

June 12th, 2019|

FRANKFORT, Ky- The status of Kentucky’s farm to food banks program was a topic of a committee Wednesday.

The Tobacco Settlement Agreement Fund Oversight Committee heard from Feeding Kentucky on the statistics surrounding food insecurity in Kentucky and how the program brings farm-fresh produce directly to those in need.

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SUMMER FEEDING PROGRAM FOR KIDS

June 5th, 2019|

FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) — A federal program to help no kid go hungry in the summer kicked off in Kentucky Monday. While most kids are excited when summer break comes around, some are worried where their next meal will come from.“There’s no reason at all for any kid to be hungry or to need a meal,” says Amy Hockensmith with Franklin County Public Schools.

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Farmers needed for Farms to Food Banks program

May 31st, 2019|

With a new growing season underway, the ninth annual Farms to Food Banks program is as well.

Feeding Kentucky, formerly known as the Kentucky Association of Food Banks, is calling on Kentucky farmers to participate. The program works to reduce food waste by rescuing cosmetically blemished produce and distributing it to Kentuckians at risk of hunger. It covers a farmer’s cost of picking, packing and transporting produce from the field to a regional food bank in Kentucky, according to a news release.

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