food insecurity

As part of its Fighting Hunger Statewide Initiative, the Utah Food Bank built new facilities in Springville, Blanding, Montezuma Creek and the Monument and Hurricane valleys.

Lawmakers are proposing $400 million in tax relief and eliminating the state sales tax on food — if voters agree to a state constitution change.

Figures from Feeding America say 288,970 Utahns face hunger with 104,840 of those being children.

Several pantries in the region have seen their number of customers double since the pandemic began. Some folks who never needed food assistance before this summer are coming for the first time.

Utah school districts will continue to offer free and reduced school lunches, they'll just have less funding and more restrictions than they’ve had the past two years.

One of the goals of the new international market is to fill a need for fresh and culturally relevant food on the city's west side.

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In her new book “How the Other Half Eats,” Priya Fielding-Singh shadowed families of different means. She found that their food choices came down to more than price or accessibility, and that understanding why people eat the way they do could help in addressing disparities.

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The pandemic's economic toll has left many in the Mountain West struggling to feed their families. In fact, Nevada and New Mexico have some of the...