food insecurity

Following a temporary closure sparked by safety concerns, The People’s Fridge is set to reopen its doors with new rules.

A new state law increases what SNAP applicants’ vehicles can be worth before they’re disqualified for federal food assistance. But most states don’t take car values into consideration at all.

4DWN Skatepark in South Dallas has grown into a community hub with weekly healthy, zero-waste food rescue and distribution.

The University of North Texas at Dallas and the North Texas Food Bank teamed up to address food insecurity in the surrounding neighborhood with a mobile food pantry and on campus with a care pantry.

Inflation and the end of pandemic-era spending has more Texans turning to food banks that have faced cuts and struggle to meet increased need with declining resources.

Starting this month, Texans who use SNAP benefits to buy groceries will have an average of $212 less per month to buy groceries, as pandemic-era increases to the food assistance program are ended.

Oxfam America, a nonprofit organization working to end poverty, tracked how states and territories protect, support and pay workers.

A popular Fort Worth restaurant that runs on a "pay-as-you-go" model to serve the unhoused and food insecure has sights set on a location near UT Arlington.

Staff and students who run the Maverick Pantry in UT Arlington's College Park Center hope their partnership with Kroger will provide consistency and enrichment in a time of inflation and greater-than-ever need.

Inflation in March was the highest since December of 1981, with prices up 8.5% from a year ago. Rising prices are especially hard on low-income people, who spend more of their money on necessities.

Bonton Farms started out as a honey company, employing previously incarcerated men in the community who were looking for jobs. One man says his life would have looked completely different if Bonton Farms hadn’t been created.

A cooperative initiative in Texas helped bolster the nutrition programs at 5 rural school districts.