State supplement will help but won’t eliminate ‘hunger cliff,’ advocates say

Interview with Carlos Rodriguez, Community Foodbank president

Community FoodBank CEO Carlos Rodriguez discusses food assistance amid a holiday spike in demand

Coupled with difficulty raising money in the best of times, the state's food banks have been stretched to the limits this year.

Nonprofits that have been meeting the demands of communities throughout the pandemic need help this year more than ever.

With unemployment claims skyrocketing, more and more families need help putting food on the table. And that was evident in Essex County where hundreds of ...

New Jersey’s largest food bank is struggling to tackle food insecurity, after supermarket shelves have been left empty by panicked shoppers hoarding the very goods ...

Carlos Rodriquez, who runs the Community FoodBank of New Jersey, talks about the impact of cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in New Jersey.

This holiday season, the Community FoodBank of New Jersey is trying to help some of the 900,000 food insecure families across the state.

Unsellable crops are often taken from farms and dropped in a landfill. Some companies are out to stop the waste and simultaneously feed those who ...

Anti-hunger advocates and Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin cite the Garden State’s growing and grim statistics. Coughlin says about one in eight, or 266,000 people, are ...

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 ...

Some 35,000 New Jersey residents could lose SNAP benefits if Congress passes the House version of the farm bill.

Farmers Against Hunger, a program of the New Jersey Agricultural Society, coordinates gleanings with about 20 participating farms in the state. The produce goes to ...

A new measure to make guns smarter and safer. It would give firearm manufacturers incentive to make them, and discourage gun rights groups from preventing ...

Against a deadline of midnight tomorrow, legislators rushed to pass scores of bills that may or may not make it to Gov. Christie's desk. One ...

Giving USA found charitable giving up nationwide for 2014. New Jersey organizations have seen an increase as well.

More immigrants here than ever. Will Obama protect them or deport them? The Revel buy's a bust. What's next for Atlantic City? Free shipping from ...

Food banks in New Jersey are dealing with increased demand with the recession, Hurricane Sandy and Atlantic City casino closures.

Does an alliance with Christie help or hurt a state power broker? Does the governor's retort seem presidential? A small Jersey firm's decontaminates kill the ...