food

Feeding Nebraska's Kids

Cheril Lee — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 12:06:06 +0000

25 Nebraska counties have schools that are eligible to participate in the free and reduced price lunch program, but currently have no summer feeding programs.

Kate Bolz, Executive Director for Nebraska Appleseed, says a new grant program recently approved in the legislature offers non-profit organizations the opportunity to bridge that gap.

She says Senator Norm Wallman introduced the legislation because 1 in 5 children in Nebraska is food insecure.

With holidays approaching, Salvation Army looks to stock its food pantry shelves

Katie Schubert — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:22:21 +0000

The Salvation Army of Omaha says requests for assistance from its food pantry are up 41 percent over the past three years.

50,000 pounds of food the goal of anti-hunger initiative in Omaha schools

Katie Schubert — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 16:47:23 +0000

Omaha area elementary and middle schools will participate in an anti-hunger initiative for the second year.

Vilsack: drought isn't affecting food prices

Katie Schubert — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:17:42 +0000

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says the drought isn't contributing to higher food prices—at least not yet.