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The City of Talent permanently closed the doors of one of its only food pantries last week.
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For the first time ever, the Ashland School District will have free lunch programs during both the summer and upcoming school year.
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A decades-long relationship between the Oregon Food Bank and local Jewish synagogues has been fractured after the Food Bank issued a statement in April condemning violence by the Israeli military and Hamas.
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Oregon is set to participate in a new federal summer food program that could benefit nearly 300,000 kids across the state.
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The California food banks association warns of rising food insecurity, but its pleas for more state aid face a tough slog next year due to the projected budget deficit.
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In Oregon, about 10 percent of residents struggle with food insecurity. In the Rogue Valley, one nonprofit has found a unique way to help: a free farmers market, open to all.
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Medi-Cal and other programs are testing food prescriptions that advocates say could improve chronic conditions, lower health care costs and reduce hunger.
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California is full of food, yet scarred by hunger.
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A legislative proposal that died in subcommittee would have helped 62,000 undocumented immigrants, including many farmworkers.
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As extra pandemic benefits end, food banks say that they’re becoming long-term supermarkets for Californians facing food insecurity. Several bills to boost CalFresh are before the Legislature, but the state budget deficit may get in the way.
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With thousands of homeless and food insecure students, state legislators funded new programs to offer support to community colleges. CalMatters asked each college how it’s going.
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CalFresh issued its last round of pandemic-era extra payments in March. The state has launched a new program aimed at making fresh fruit and vegetables more accessible and affordable to those receiving assistance.
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Many Republicans object to the spending, saying the food bank is too involved in partisan issues
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Most college students don’t qualify for CalFresh, California’s food stamps program, despite high rates of food insecurity. A pandemic-era rule that made it easier to get aid ends soon.