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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Recently, the Food Bank of Iowa was set to receive 16 truckloads, or 400,000 pounds, of food. After the federal funding cuts, those truckloads were canceled.

HIAWATHA — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ rejection of $29 million in federal funding to provide summer food assistance for low-income families poses challenges, but an Eastern Iowa food bank said ...

A new state effort designed to connect Iowa food banks with another program that highlights food grown in Iowa launched this week, according to the state agriculture department. Iowa Secretary of ...