food insecurity

Distributions by the Houston Food Bank now average about 800,000 pounds daily after reaching the unprecedented 1 million pound mark for the first time in the spring, a level that the organization still delivers periodically.

In the first episode of "The Shakeout" we explore the effects the COVID-19 pandemic has had on hunger in Texas.

For more than a century, food has been getting more abundant, and cheaper. Yet people keep worrying about food shortages. Some economists say the fears actually create their own problems.

Starting Monday, low-income Texas families can apply for $285 in federal aid per child to make up for the free and reduced-price meals they missed while…

The number of Texas families applying for federal aid to afford groceries almost doubled in April compared with an already high number the month before as…