Year: 2025

How many meals do we distribute per month? Do we frequently run out of food? How many people do we serve? How do we serve children during school breaks? Continue reading for answers to these frequently asked questions about your food bank and more.

Halloween brings spooky costumes and haunted houses — but in homes across East Tennessee, something even more frightening is lurking: hunger. Here’s the good news- hunger is easy to scare off when generosity shows up at their door. Take a look at what people in the community are doing to help their neighbors scare away hunger.

On the final day of Hunger Action Month, we’re letting an incredible group of Hunger Action Heroes do the talking: a handful of our Partner Agencies and the neighbors they serve. Continue reading as we share words from our Partner Agencies about our work together, specifically through our Food Rescue program, and the hope it has created for our neighbors.

We’re highlighting a Partner Agency that’s both a grower and a distributor: CAC Beardsley Community Farm in Knox County. Their Buy Back program grants opportunities for refugee farmers to sell their produce and give culturally-preferred foods back to the community. The food is purchased through one of our grants, and is provided to our neighbors in need at no cost to them. “It helps me buy stuff [for] my kids,” said Francine, one of the farmers. “It gives me more encouragement to keep going, to not just give up.” Continue reading as we walk through the farm and gather enriching stories about the Buy Back program’s growing impact.