The Farms to Food Banks program has received special grant funding from the Educational Foundation of America to support the Appalachian Expansion Project which will allow local farmers to be paid to provide produce for food banks.
Food insecurity is a reality for one in 10 residents age 60 and older. Elder refugees in Kentucky face an even higher risk of hunger due to language barriers and lack of transportation.
The organization previously called the Kentucky Association of Food Banks has a new name and it’s pledging to continue initiatives to alleviate food insecurity. But even with the continuing support of many state leaders, the initiatives aren’t making much of a dent in the state’s problem with hunger.
Today is the sixth annual “Hunger Free Kentucky Day,” when state leaders rally the public to fight hunger. Research says one in six people and one in five kids in the Bluegrass State are considered food insecure – that means about 700,000 Kentuckians, including 200,000 children, don’t consistently have enough
Commissioner of Agriculture Ryan Quarles, Attorney General Andy Beshear, Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes, Auditor Mike Harmon and Treasurer Allison Ball spent the morning at the Capitol Rotunda Wednesday rallying Kentuckians to join the fight against hunger.
Wherever you fall on the political spectrum, surely it is safe to assume that you aren’t blaming the 800,000 federal employees or their families for the dire financial situation many find themselves in thanks to the longest partial government shutdown in U.S. history.
