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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Kentucky faces deep cuts to a key food support program with the passage of the budget reconciliation bill. It is estimated the new budget will kick millions off the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP, and shift food and administrative costs onto states.

Nearly 600,000 Kentuckians got help buying food through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in June 2025, according to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. But the program, better known as SNAP, faces an uncertain future after Congress passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a sweeping and controversial tax and spending package.

When school’s out, hunger doesn’t take a break. For many Kentucky kids, especially in rural areas, summer can be one of the hungriest times of the year. No Kid Hungry Kentucky awarded over $90,000 in grants to six schools and community organizations working to make sure more kids get the meals they need.

In Kentucky more than 753,000 residents, or 1 in 6, face hunger. They often don’t know where and when their next meal will be. That sobering statistic is felt daily across the commonwealth — from families forced to choose between groceries and rent to schools struggling to meet students’ basic needs.