On Thursday evening, June 20th, members of the Arkansas Legislative Hunger Caucus, First Lady Ginger Beebe, Event Co-chairs Debra Wolfe Sheppard and Courtney Sheppard, leaders of business and industry, hunger advocates, guest chefs and artists raised a near-record...

We need your help! As you know, the House of Representatives is taking up the Farm Bill today. Drastic cuts and harmful policy changes to SNAP are on the table, causing more than two million households to lose SNAP benefits entirely, more than 200,000 kids to lose...

This is such a powerful message from Share Our Strength's Bill Shore, that I wanted to share it with all of you. It puts a face on what SNAP and SNAP Ed means to millions of Americans. Nancy Washington, D.C. – This week, Congressional committees voted to cut funding...

Congress is considering cutting between $4.1 Billion and $20.5 Billion in SNAP and SNAP-education funding over the next 10 years. As our members of Congress decide about the fate of the some 2 million+ people (200,000 of whom will be children) who will lose SNAP...

The Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance, as lead partner in the Arkansas No Kid Hungry campaign, brought Share Our Strength’s Cooking Matters program to Arkansas two years ago as part of a pilot program focusing on nutrition education.  Now, as we have completed our first...

For kids, summertime should mean food, friends and fun, but for many it’s a time of food hardship and uncertainty.  Many low income Arkansas families report it is especially hard to make ends meet in the summer when children who normally participate in the national...

Volunteers are a crucial resource for charitable non-profits in accomplishing their missions. This is no less true for the Alliance and the Arkansas No Kid Hungry campaign.  Because ours is a statewide mission to reduce hunger through direct relief, education and...

On Monday, April 15th,the Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance hosted Kevin Concannon, United States Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, for an afternoon and evening of nutrition education events. The Under Secretary...

An Age-old Practice is Revived The Arkansas Gleaning Project, a program based on the age-old practice of hand gathering fresh fruits and vegetables from the fields after the harvest, provided 1.2 million pounds of food that found its way to the tables of food insecure...

Welcome Welcome to Hunger Matters, the official blog of the Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance. We are excited about launching our new website and blog. This gives us a more efficient vehicle for keeping you informed about issues effecting food insecure Arkansas families...