The Hunger Blog

Over the past few years, we’ve all had to get creative about how we buy our groceries. For some, that has meant shopping at different times than we normally would...

Food waste is a major issue in our country. In the U.S., 38% of all food goes unsold or uneaten. Food waste is responsible for 8% of all global carbon...

Updated 10/10/2024Feeding America is the largest and most established food rescue organization in the country, rescuing 4 billion pounds of food annually in the U.S. We recently launched the Food...

“When I first came to the St. James Food Pantry, I really did not want to live.” On one of her darkest days, Cathy Moore thought her only solution was to...

Hunger affects all of our neighbors, but in Black communities, the rate of food insecurity is more than three times that of white individuals. In 2020, 1 in 4 of...

“14500 Eight Mile Road. Remember that address,” intones Kirk Mayes. “It’ll be important later.”Kirk is the chief executive officer of Forgotten Harvest, a food rescue organization serving the Detroit area....

Pastor Semmeal Thomas always roots for the underdog.  Raised in Detroit, Pastor Semmeal knows the city – and its people – have been considered underdogs for a long time.But he...

I’ve seen a lot in my time as a journalist, but there’s one thing that continues to inspire me: how we care for each other. And that’s perhaps most evident...

In 2021, 20% of Black individuals experienced food insecurity, which was more than three times the rate of white households. The Black community consistently faces high rates of hunger due to social, economic, and environmental...