Rocky Mountain Power Gives Foodbank $10,000 Grant
For the fourth consecutive year, the Rocky Mountain Power Foundation is recognizing the needs of food-insecure children, seniors and families in eastern Idaho and rising to the challenge with a…
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New Study Shows Improvement In Idaho Food Insecurity
An annual study released by Feeding America is showing a positive trend regarding the number of Idahoans who are enduring hunger and food-insecurity. Map the Meal Gap, a study based…
Harvest Report: Spring Fruit Begin To Take Shape
Visiting with growers this week to get an idea how the 2017 harvest is shaping up. Mustard seed is blooming throughout the valley. After a long, gray winter these fields…
A Mother Strives For A Healthy Future
It was April of 2017 when her daughter Emily was rushed from their home in the Magic Valley to the Salt Lake City hospital. They chose that hospital because that’s where Emily’s heart doctor works, helping her work back from a separate condition.
Tips From Our Dietitian: Adding Flavor Without Adding Salt
How to Add Flavor to Meals Without Salt or Sugar Sprinkle cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice instead of sugar on fruit, or add red pepper to bring surprise heat and unique…
Walmart Fight Hunger Spark Change 2017
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Four Tips For Spring Cleaning Your Diet
Our dietitian Alexa has shared some tips for spring cleaning your diet. Here are some ways to eat healthy without breaking the pocket book. Get moving: If you do not…
Magic Valley Partnership Grows Programs
Supported by a grant from the ConAgra Foods Foundation, the Foodbank led a year-long collaboration project to assess and address childhood hunger and food insecurity in Twin Falls County. The…
Innovation To The Rescue
Don Brown, our Food Sourcing field representative, learned that global seed company Seminis was growing onions as part of their seed development process. The resulting crop of top quality onions…
Thank You to our Volunteers
In the last year, we’ve had more than 24,000 volunteers help solve hunger in Idaho. Our volunteers gave more than 58,000 hours to the effort. That’s the equivalent of 28 full-time employees. We’d never be able to do this important work without all of you.
Avoiding The Impossible Decision
Many hungry seniors in Idaho are left with an impossible choice: purchase the healthy food they need to stay healthy or use that money to buy medicine. It’s a situation Millie G., a recipient of The Idaho Foodbank, has experienced.
WinCo, Bank of America Help Launch Million Meals Month
The Idaho Foodbank is utilizing National Nutrition Month to launch “Million Meals in March”, a statewide campaign with a goal of collecting the food and funds for 1,000,000 meals in…