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Oregon Food Bank officials met Thursday with Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici, to discuss USDA cuts to hunger programs.  President Andrea Williams said they never received an official notification of the funding cuts, but are no longer able to order food through federal systems.   “...

The Oregon Food Bank saw a 31% increase in 2024, in the number of people asking for food assistance, compared to the previous year.   "That means we’ve distributed over 91-million meals. That’s about 110-million pounds of food," noted Oregon Food Bank President Andrea Williams.  She said a coalitio...

The Washington State Beef Commission says last week’s Beef Counts event was another success.  The three-day event served 31,200 meals 975 families and provided 1,950 pounds of ground beef to those in need.   In an effort to maximize every food dollar, the Beef Commission said the chubs of ground beef in the Second Harvest December Mobile Market boxes were paired with produce and other perishable g

With the holiday season here, that means it’s time for the 15th annual Beef Counts.  Families across Central and Eastern Washington struggling to make ends meet can get some relief by picking up a box of nutritious food made available thanks to the partnership between Washington’s Beef Community and Second Harvest.   The funds to...

March is National Ag Month.  To mark the occasion, 2nd Harvest, which provides food to food banks across the Inland Northwest, is touting its relationship with the local farming community.  Eric Williams is the Community Partnership Director at 2nd Harvest.   "We say it...

Farm families from across the nation donated 25.3 million pounds of food and raised more than $1 million to help fight hunger in 2022 through Farm Bureau's "Harvest for All" program.  Combined, the monetary and food donations totaled the equivalent of 31.1 mi...

In recognition of the hard work and innovation of those who grow our food, AgWest Farm Credit and Northwest Agricultural Consultants have announced plans to partner with 2nd Harvest to celebrate the impact the local farming community makes for people facing hunger...

Central Washington families struggling to make ends meet will have an opportunity to get some much needed help over the next three days.  For the past 12 years, 2nd Harvest and Washington’s Beef Community, through the Beef Counts program, have teamed up to offer nutritious food to those in need across the community.   “The f...

The USDA will invest $178 million in seven international development projects on four continents to support U.S. government priorities.  The projects include promoting climate-smart agriculture, facilitating trade and addressing the root causes of migration in Central America.   ...

Last week, the Labor Department reported year-over-year inflation of 8.5%, levels not seen since 1981.  At the same time, the latest Feeding America food bank pulse survey data shows that more food banks report seeing demand for food assistance increase or stay the same for February compared to the previous month. Fo ...