Their relationship fractured Oct. 1, 2022, when the Food Bank of Iowa implemented a new contract addendum to its more than 300 food pantry partners to keep at least a three-day supply of food ...

One month after ending the relationship with Food Bank of Iowa, the pantry will lose 6,000 to 8,000 pounds of food and an additional 3,000 pounds from food rescue, Cook said.

“Food Bank of Iowa distributes more than 22-and-a-half million pounds of food every year, so our portion, a little over seven-million pounds, about a third of what we’re distributing is food ...

The Food Bank of Iowa increased food distribution by 230%, expanding food assistance to children, older Iowans, veterans and immigrant populations.The book helped the nonprofit modernize its ...

The Food Bank of Iowa was one of the many organizations that received funding from the program. Vice President of Strategy and Communications Annete Hacker says that the program allowed the food ...

Food bank employee Ryan Hansen reaches for a can of potatoes while organizing shelves May 16 at the CommUnity Food Bank in Iowa City. The food back has served about 5,300 households so far in 2023 ...

Iowa’s largest food bank set another record during November, distributing 2.15 million pounds of food, the most ever during a single month.

Food Bank of Iowa CEO Michelle Book has announced she will retire at the end of the year. Book has led the food bank — the state's largest hunger-relief organization, serving 55 of Iowa's 99 ...

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ summer food program for children that is meant to replace Summer EBT got off to a rocky start this month, according to food bank and pantry officials tasked with ...

River Bend Food Bank to help launch Iowa's new summer lunch program for kids Iowa is launching Healthy Kids Iowa to replace the federal EBT program that Gov. Kim Reynolds opted out of in August 2024.

The state has allocated $225,000 to help the Des Moines Area Religious Council and six Iowa food banks, including HACAP and Waterloo-based Northeast Iowa Food Bank, purchase dairy products, meat ...