These mobile markets are saving Washington Heights’ “food deserts”

Our partners at MetroFocus take a closer look at "food deserts" across the city and the individuals who benefit from mobile markets like these.

During gov’t shutdown, NJ assembly continues to work on hunger awareness

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin and other legislators toured a food bank in Neptune as Coughlin continues his fight against what has become a marquee issue for him -- food insecurity.

How can community college address growing food insecurity?

The goal of the initiative is with more New Jersey students able to receive SNAP, there’s a better chance of them completing their education and going on to land higher paying jobs.

Anti-hunger bills aim to help over 1M New Jersey residents

Fresh off a weekend that emphasized a fractured party, Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin shifted the focus to food insecurity and ending hunger in the Garden State.

Saving Hungry New Yorkers

Nearly 1.3 million New Yorkers struggle to afford food for themselves and their families every day. Meet the organization that has helped feed them for over 35 years.

Hidden in Plain Sight: Portraits of Hunger in NYC

Palm Beach Food Insecurity

Palm Beach County has the highest rate of food insecurity in South Florida. More than 200,000 people in the county do not know where their next meal is coming from.

Find Out How You Can Help During Hunger Action Month

The Community FoodBank of New Jersey aims to help those who are food insecure and don't know where their next meal is coming from.

Fighting Hunger

Food: nutritious, fresh, necessary, and hard to come by right here in the metro area. A look at so called “food deserts” and City Harvest’s fight against them.

Barren Food Pantries

Food pantries in Brooklyn and Staten Island are going bare, leaving those in need hungry for the holidays. How bad is the situation, and what can you do to help?

New Faces of Hunger in NYC

About 1.4 million New Yorkers - many of them women, children, elderly and disabled - rely on food pantries and soup kitchens. Tonight's latest installment of our ongoing reporting initiative, Chasing the Dream: Poverty and Opportunity in America, takes a…

Hannah’s Kosher Pantry, Brooklyn, NY

There are nearly 48.1 million people in America without reliable access to affordable, nutritious food. Even in New York City -- one of the richest cities in the world -- about 1.4 million people rely on emergency food programs, like…