National Nutrition Month

Feeding Indiana’s Hungry and the Indiana Dietetic Association are proud to support National Nutrition Month®, and “Eat Right, Your Way, Every Day”. This month, we recognize National Nutrition Month® in honor of the more than 1 million Hoosiers that lack access, at times, to enough food for an active, healthy life. Registered Dietitians promote nutritious [...]

What does hunger look like in the wealthiest nation in the world?  What it doesn’t look like is what we imagine from exposure to graphic images of global hunger, the easily identifiable need for food exemplified by bloated bellies and thin bodies.  But in our state and our country, it bears little resemblance to famine [...]

Indiana is 18th Worst in the Nation Millions of Americans continued in 2012 to struggle to afford enough food, according to new, up-to-date food hardship data from the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC). More than one in six Americans (18.2 percent) said in 2012 that there had been times over the past 12 months [...]

We had a great day today!  More to be posted later, but here’s a snippet of what went on!   Lawmakers work to fight hunger

The leadership of the Indiana General Assembly caucuses, including Speaker Brian Bosma (R-Indianapolis), Minority Leader Scott Pelath (D-Michigan City), President Pro Temp David Long (R-Ft. Wayne) and Minority Leader Tim Lanane (D-Anderson) came together recently at WFYI in Indianapolis and taped public service announcements on hunger in Indiana and what can be done to help [...]

As our nation’s leaders work to find a balanced agreement on deficit reduction, it is important to remember that this conversation is about more than numbers. It’s about people. When talking about trillions of dollars, it is easy to lose perspective and see these decisions as numbers on a balance sheet. But policies being considered [...]

Feeding Indiana’s Hungry is joining forces with United Producers Inc. (UPI), which operates four livestock marketing facilities in Indiana and has locations throughout the Midwest, to launch a month-long Cooperating to Feed Our Community fundraiser. This food bank fundraiser kicked off today, and is being held in honor of October being National Co-Op Month and [...]

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.(September 11, 2012) — Thanks to the more than 3,000 visitors who completed the Recipe Trail at this year’s Indiana State Fair, Indiana’s Family of Farmers (IFoF) will donate 3,132 pounds of food to Feeding Indiana’s Hungry (FIsH).  The cash equivalent of $5,199.12 will be used to purchase food – enough for 2,610 meals [...]

In Indiana, 331,980 households are at risk of going hungry The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported yesterday that 13.2 percent of Hoosier households are food insecure. Overall, that’s 331,980 households in the state who are at risk of hunger.  Indiana saw an increase of 2 percent in household food insecurity rates from the prior three-year [...]