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The federally funded Pandemic-Electronic Benefit Transfer program was created to support families who count on free and reduced-cost lunch programs when schools went virtual in 2020. The program ends with the current school year.
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The food trucks will be out in Xenia this weekend. The Xenia First Friday Food Truck Rally kicks off a series of Friday food truck events in the city through the summer.
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Dayton-based nonprofit, Homefull, broke ground on its latest community project in West of Dayton Thursday. The group is repurposing a vacant lot on South Gettysburg Avenue where it’ll build affordable housing, a grocery store and a health clinic.
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The Inflation Reduction Act puts an additional $3 billion into the Conservation Stewardship Program. That means more opportunities for Ohio farmers to preserve their natural resources.
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The Montgomery County Food Equity Coalition is a countywide initiative established in 2019. The group, which is managed by Public Health Dayton-Montgomery County, recently published its plan to address food insecurity.
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Spring is right around the corner and the Ohio State University extension offices are getting ready to kick off this year's Victory Garden program. Through the program, beginning home gardeners can get free sample seed packets.
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Joe Schlott would like to open 100 stores in the next five years. That may sounds like a pie-in-the-sky goal. It’s actually a pie-in-the-oven goal, many, many ovens.
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Miami Valley Meals began feeding food insecure Dayton area residents early in the pandemic. Now, the group of former culinary professionals who founded the nonprofit are marking its third anniversary with a special event at Second Street Market.
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Participants in the federal food program might want to reevaluate their eligibility level for SNAP — and consider other assistance programs — as a pandemic-era supplement ends this month.
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Low-income families in Ohio have been receiving additional food stamp benefits for the last two years. Food banks across the state expect a surge as the federal pandemic aid ends.
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Over 40,000 households in Montgomery County enrolled in SNAP — formerly known as food stamps — have, on average, received $90 more per person, per month since 2020. Although the temporary boost to SNAP benefits will end in March.
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Hunger-Free Schools Ohio Coalition is lobbying state legislators to cover the cost of school meals for all public school students. That’s because last summer, a federal pandemic-era waiver that provided universal free school meals for all students expired.