Food banks Coverage

Warmer weather stunts local food supply

The El Niño climate pattern has caused above normal temperatures throughout the 2023-2024 winter season.

Derrah Getter, 2024 CBC-UNC Diversity Fellow

Updated Food Insecurity Plan approved for Wake County

The plan would give millions to various strategies to help families struggling with food insecurities.

Wake County Commissioners approve updated Food Security Plan

With over 37,000 children in Wake County struggling with food insecurity, Wake County Commissioners voted unanimously to add millions to various strategies to help

Destinee Patterson, WRAL reporter

Food assistance programs seeing more demand in midst of holiday season

As many families get ready to gather around tables for the holidays, more people are in need of help to put food on that table. Local food banks say high prices for gas and food are driving more people to use their services.

Laura Leslie, WRAL capitol bureau chief

Increased demand for food banks tied to inflation, growth

The need for food assistance is up sharply this year as people struggle with higher rent, food and gas prices. Demand has increased by about 30 percent since 2019.

More Americans are going hungry, and it costs more to feed them

The first time Kelly Wilcox drove her 2017 Dodge Grand Caravan to the food pantry near her home in Payson, Utah, she noticed one thing right away that surprised her: newer models of Toyota and Honda sedans and minivans. "I saw a bunch of other people with cars like mine, who had kids in cars," she said.

Lora Kelley and Nicholas Kulish, New York Times

Inflation makes it harder for food banks to help as need increases

Food banks and pantries in North Carolina are dealing with rising costs for gas and filling up grocery carts.

'Food scarcity is definitely an issue': Food banks pantries struggling to keep shelves stocked

Food banks and pantries in North Carolina are dealing with rising costs for gas and filling up grocery carts.

Matt Talhelm, WRAL reporter

With inflation stretching budgets thin, food banks reporting increase in families needing help

With the cost of everything on the rise, including groceries, many North Carolinians are turning to food banks to feed their families.

Aaron Thomas, WRAL reporter

Rising cost of living causing more people to seek help from food banks

With the cost of everything on the rise, including groceries, many North Carolinians are turning to food banks to feed their families.

Local food banks see higher demand with soaring inflation

As inflation soars across the U.S., demand is also increasing for help from food banks throughout North Carolina.

Gilbert Baez, WRAL Fayetteville reporter

Food banks see increased demand due to high inflation

On Tuesday, WRAL News spoke with several people who stopped by the Fayetteville Urban Ministry's Food Bank.

How local food pantries provide an avenue for all to lend a hand

Through Catholic Charities programs like the Fayetteville Food Bank, volunteers from all backgrounds are able to provide crucial aid to their communities.

Abbey Slattery, WRAL Digital Solutions

Growing number of military families struggle to put food on table

Food pantries across the country have seen a rising number of people needing help throughout the course of the pandemic, and they say many of them are in the military.

State audit: Goldsboro food bank used $11,821 in CARES Act funds on questionable expenses

A state audit is questioning how a Goldsboro food bank spent more than $11,800 in CARES Act money in 2020.

Keenan Willard, WRAL eastern North Carolina reporter

Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation donates nearly $400,000 to local hunger relief

The Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation has donated nearly $400,000 to local hunger relief organizations with their Spring 2021 grants.

Pandemic wanes, school's out but needs for meals continues

Despite signs of recovery in the economy, The Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina is seeing a 49% increase in children and teens experiencing hunger because of the pandemic.

Matt Talhelm, WRAL reporter

Enloe students create app to reduce pantry food waste

The students say their app is designed to help pantry workers track, monitor and eliminate food waste.

Food boxes draw people from far and wide to Spring Hope church

Since 2004, Lee Etta Pulley has fed countless people through food boxes she distributes in Spring Hope. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the 78-year-old has been busier than ever in the past year.

78-year-old woman feeds thousands during pandemic

Since 2004, Lee Etta Pulley has fed countless people through food boxes she distributes in Spring Hope. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the 78-year-old has been busier than ever in the past year.

Indira Eskieva, WRAL Eastern North Carolina reporter

10-year-old chef sharpens skills at food bank

Rylan Madden loves to cook and has found a way to give back in his Montana community.

Urban farm helping stock food banks

An urban farm located at the Texas State Fairgrounds in Dallas is helping stock the shelves of local food banks during the pandemic

On Fort Bragg, many resources rise to support families in need

When the pandemic hit, a lot of military families lost income as spouses were laid off. A food bank at the Armed Forces YMCA is just one of dozens of programs Fort Bragg offers its soldiers

Gilbert Baez, WRAL Fayetteville reporter

Wayne County food assistance program moves to fairgrounds due to high demand

The line of cars winding around the Maxwell Agricultural Center is impressive. It's also instructive, because it illustrates how great the need for food assistance in Wayne County, which says the stalled traffic needs to go.

Bryan Mims, WRAL reporter

Food assistance program in Wayne County meeting local needs

The line of cars winding around the Maxwell Agricultural Center is impressive. It's also instructive, because it illustrates how great the need for food assistance in Wayne County, which says the stalled traffic needs to go.