[ Thank you to all of the anti-hunger advocates who fought for a 2018 Farm Bill that protects SNAP, strengthens TEFAP, and protects Americans facing hunger. Over the last year, we have called on YOU—our partners and supporters – many times to advocate for a strong Farm Bill. We are so pleased to say the our collaborative efforts to learn, educate, and inform each other about the importance of this legislation has paid off. In the 2018 Farm Bill that has now been passed, Congr

This morning, a large semi pulled up to the docks at our centrally located warehouses in Winston-Salem. This, alone, is not necessarily eventful. Every day, trucks large and small are coming and going from Second Harvest Food Bank, moving food rescued from grocery stores and manufacturers, saving it from becoming waste. In fact, Second Harvest has our own fleet of trucks–perhaps you have seen them as they travel out on the roads of our 18-county service area gathering and di

Currently, Congress is considering the future of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) as they look to reconcile the House and Senate versions of the Farm Bill. The decisions they make during this process will directly impact how the 1 in 7 people in Northwest North Carolina, including seniors, veterans, and children who experience hunger, will be able to put food on the table. No piece of legislation is more im

Late last week, the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee released its version of the 2018 Farm Bill, which presents an opportunity for the Senate to strengthen the national commitment to reducing hunger and support agriculture. Second Harvest Food Bank applauds Committee leaders for working together to develop a bipartisan Farm Bill and avoid dramatic cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)—a program that our food bank and network of partner programs has art

Second Harvest’s Top 5 Concerns with the proposed Farm Bill, H.R. 2. As food bankers, we are deeply concerned about the House Agriculture Committee Farm Bill legislation introduced April 12 of this year. North Carolina is the country’s 10th hungriest state — and through our work and that of our on-the-ground partner network, we see this every day. Across our country, 42 million people, including 13 million children, live in households that do not have consistent access to ade

Food Banks around the country were anxious to review the House Agriculture Committee version of the 2018 Farm Bill released in April. We were disheartened by its contents. We call on the Congress to reject it. The bill would, indisputably, increase hunger and further burden struggling North Carolina families by cutting–and in many cases taking away–basic food assistance. We believe that everyone deserves to be able to eat, and we also know that the impact of this bill goes fa

This year, you are going to hear food bankers talking about the Farm Bill… a lot. At first blush, you might wonder what the Farm Bill has to do with our work. It’s not just that we love farmers (we really, really do), but it’s also because the Farm Bill covers some of the most important programs that address food insecurity, and help people in our communities navigate through difficult times. The Farm Bill is up for re-authorization in 2018, and therefore all parts of it are