MINNEAPOLIS – The Children's Defense Fund of Minnesota tonight is honoring four young women who have overcome extreme adversity to pursue their dreams. The winners of the Beat the Odds awards are all high school seniors who, despite challenges, have done well in school and are planning to at ...Read More

LANSING, Mich. - The U.S. House Agriculture Committee sent a new federal Farm bill to the full House on Wednesday night. The bill includes provisions to encourage more young people to consider farming as a career. The average age of the American farmer is 57, and the Beginning Farmer and Rancher ...Read More

BALDWIN, Wis. - Loren Smeester manages a herd of 200 bison on 400 acres of grazing land near Baldwin in St. Croix County. According to Smeester, the state Ag Department's Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative has been a tremendous help to his operation, and he hopes money for the program will be ke ...Read More

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - More Maryland children are starting their day with a healthy breakfast, and they're eating it at school, according to a new report. Cathy Demeroto, director of Maryland Hunger Solutions, which published the report, said participation rates in the school breakfast program hit new h ...Read More

PORTLAND, Ore. - Proposed cuts to the program most people know as food stamps are the hot topic in Congress this week. Today, the Senate Agriculture Committee is marking up its version of a new Farm Bill; Wednesday, it's the House Agriculture Committee. The Senate proposal trims the Supplemental N ...Read More

LAS VEGAS - Many people in Nevada have little interest in farming, but action by a U.S. Senate committee today on the Farm Bill could affect hungry Nevadans, including local children. In marking up the Farm Bill, the Senate Agriculture Committee will consider proposed cuts to the Supplemental Nutrit ...Read More

AUSTIN, Texas – What is known as America's largest one-day food drive is set for Saturday. Carmel Perez Snyder, associate state director for outreach with AARP Texas, says to take part, you just need to leave a bag of food by your mailbox and on Saturday your letter carrier will grab it. "W ...Read More

BOISE, Idaho - Hunger knows no geographic boundaries, and it's more prevalent in rural areas than most people realize. The documentary, "A Place at the Table," makes that case - and the Idaho Hunger Relief Task Force is showing the film on Friday in Boise. Joel Berg, a hunger relief expert who is f ...Read More