New Data: Nearly 11 Million Free Meals Served to Kentucky Kids During Summer 2025
Frankfort, KY. - Summer Meals for Kids Were Available in all 120 Kentucky Counties for the First Time Ever.
Lt. Gov. Coleman, FCPS officials urge donations ahead of Nov. 1 SNAP funding cutoff
Lexington, KY. - Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman, Lexington school and food bank officials encouraged people to donate to local food banks and feeding sites Friday, one day before the nation’s largest nutritional assistance program runs out of month.
‘A lot of worry.’ Uncertainty over SNAP payments weighs on KY food banks, families
Louisville, Ky. - About 600,000 Kentuckians — roughly 13% of the commonwealth’s population — are grappling with the question of where their next meal will come from, state and local leaders said at a Tuesday morning press conference in Louisville.
Opinion: KY lawmakers, governor must step up as some SNAP costs are set to soon shift to the state
If Kentucky relied on its food banks alone, our feeding ecosystem would collapse in a week. That’s not hyperbole, it’s simple math.
Feeding KY Celebrates 10 Years of No Kid Hungry Partnership
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Feeding Kentucky proudly celebrates 10 years of partnership with No Kid Hungry Kentucky, a national campaign led by Share Our Strength.
The $5 million KY gave to food banks during SNAP delays heads out
The $5 million from Kentucky’s “rainy day fund” that Gov. Andy Beshear gave to food pantries on Friday is headed to distribution centers with one directive: buy food and give it away quickly.
Commissioner Shell coordinates statewide effort to support Kentuckians during federal shutdown
FRANKFORT, KY. - In response to the ongoing federal government shutdown, Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture Jonathan Shell has coordinated a statewide effort to help ensure Kentuckians continue to have access to food and support during this critical time.
Truckloads of pumpkins to feed hungry Kentuckians
HART COUNTY, Ky. Hunger continues to persist across the commonwealth. More than 16% of Kentucky’s population still struggles to buy meals to feed themselves and their families as of 2023, according to Feeding America.
Hunger Action Month kicks off in Kentucky with focus on food insecurity
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) — Feeding Kentucky officially kicked off Hunger Action Month on Tuesday at God’s Pantry Food Bank, highlighting the need to address food insecurity across the state.
Feeding Kentucky puts healthy-but-imperfect produce on the plates of people in need
In LaRue County in central Kentucky, a third-generation farmer is transferring ripe tomatoes from vine to box to truck. Some of the tomatoes have blemishes and would not be a shopper’s first choice at the supermarket. But they are 90% perfect, edible and healthy, and these boxes are headed into the hands—and bellies—of people in