Tag: poverty
Rescuing food for Aliquippa
Brenda Jean Dudek struggles to make ends meet as a home health care specialist. Every day, she stops at the House of Prayer (HOP) Lutheran Church in Aliquippa to pick up pantry staples. The church is part of a bigger food distribution network called 412 Food Rescue, which is based in Pittsburgh.
Calculator estimates your risk of poverty during next 15 years
Rather than just listening to politicians' sound bytes, Americans can judge for themselves how close they are to falling into poverty.
USDA awards $1.3 million in grants to reduce child food insecurity...
The funding, ranging from $50,000 to $100,000, will help these rural communities implement creative strategies to improve access to federal nutrition assistance for families and children.
USDA announces funding to fight rural poverty
U.S. Ag Secretary Vilsack announced the extension of a program to help fight rural poverty in Ohio.
Farm and Food File: How did this happen? Pogo politics
TV talkers and radio ranters briefly bloviated last week on the world's population topping 7 billion. While 7 billion is a big number it isn't the biggest part of the population story.
