AP Photo/Allison Dinner)Complying for nutrition assistance is not as simple as landing a job, says leader of New Jersey's biggest anti-hunger group
AP Photo/Allison Dinner)Complying for nutrition assistance is not as simple as landing a job, says leader of New Jersey's biggest anti-hunger group
(NJ Spotlight News)NJ charities highlight the need during National Diaper Need Awareness Week

What’s also in short supply — funding to pay for rising food costs

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 ...

Gov. Murphy signed legislation to both fight hunger and reduce food waste in the Garden State.

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 ...

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


The Community FoodBank of New Jersey aims to help those who are food insecure and don't know where their next meal is coming from.

The first flood of funds for transportation projects is being allocated. Who decides where the money's spent? Why are the people of Cumberland County the ...

The Cumberland/Salem/Gloucester Health and Wellness Alliance was formed to address issues of poor health in those areas. Cumberland County ranks last in health in New ...

After Americans open their wallets for Cyber Monday, a reminder to open their hearts for Giving Tuesday, dedicated to raising money and awareness for charitable ...

Amidst mourning in Cuba, Cuban-Americans board the first daily Newark to Havana flight. Could eased restrictions expand beyond family reunions? Outside the airport, the Fight ...

In her first year as the head of the Community FoodBank of New Jersey, Debra Vizzi just finished a Feeding America report and talks about ...

This is one statistic going in the wrong direction: driving deaths on the rise. What to do about it? Testimony at the Bridgegate trial. Why ...

E-commerce giant Amazon is lending a hand to the Community FoodBank of New Jersey in logistics, helping the facility distribute food more quickly.

The public weighs in on changing the constitution to guarantee public worker pension payments. U.S. senators enlist public support for bills in Congress to prevent ...

The latest Kids Count report found more New Jersey children are covered by health insurance and fewer are living in poverty. But almost a third ...

Did Gov. Christie know before the George Washington Bridge scandal that his office was improperly mixing politics and governance? Would legalizing pot generate enough money ...