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The National Farmers Union is donating $125,000 to help with the humanitarian and agricultural crisis in Ukraine. The contribution went through the World Food Program USA. That organization has been on the frontlines of the world’s worst hunger crises since 1962. WFP ...

The Washington State Department of Agriculture is out with a new round of hunger relief grants. The WSDA’s Hector Castro, said the funding for the Resiliency Grant Program comes from state lawmakers, via the federal American Rescue Plan funds. ...

In an effort to address hunger across the Inland Northwest, Royal City-WA based Cascade Organic Flour recently donated two truckloads of Whole Wheat Flour. The five-pound bags were donated to 2nd Harvest in Spokane to help those in need across the state ...

The European Commission approved a $550 million package for its farmers, who can now grow food and feed crops on fallowed land without losing they’re “greening payments.” Successful Farming said the move comes in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. EU’s Ag Commissioner ...

According to AgResource President Dan Basse, Russia’s war in Ukraine has created the biggest grain supply dislocation since World War I. Basse told a Farm Foundation virtual forum this week the war in Ukraine, a huge corn and wheat producer, will cause the worst global grain shortage in over a century. “ ...

The war in Ukraine took the attention of the House Ag Committee this week, after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made a passionate plea to American lawmakers by video link. And that presentation impacted the Ag Committee hearing. “Ukrainian farmers put 50 million metric tons of corn and wheat into the global food supply," said House Ag Committee member, Austin Scott of Georgia. "

Earlier this week, USDA Economic Research Service released data showing food insecurity rates across the U.S. The estimated prevalence of food insecurity between 2018–2020 nationwide was 10.7%. Food-insecure households are defined as those that had difficulty at some time during the year providing enough food for all their members because of a lack of resources. The ...

Back in the fall, the Washington state Department of Agriculture announced a new grant program to help expand hunger relief efforts statewide. The Department opened those grants up to all eligible hunger relief organizations serving Washington communities whether or not they were previously contract with WSDA to distribute food assistance. ...

A bipartisan group of lawmakers seek to expand food donation efforts nationwide with the Food Donation Improvement Act. Dan Newhouse, Chair of the Western Caucus, helped introduce the bill, calling current protections and limits that often keep businesses and organizations from donating food "ambiguous" and "outdated ...

Last week, Virginia Tech released an annual report that indicates the agriculture industry is behind the needed pace to meet the world’s food needs in the year 2050. The 2021 Global Agricultural Productivity Report said global productivity growth needs to accelerate at all production scales to meet consumers’ needs and address the current and future threats to human and environmental well-being.