Carefully walking between rows of sprouting plants, Donavan Lawrence gives a tour of the St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church community garden in Derby, Kansas. The caretaker points out the spiral-shaped herb garden and elevated plots for…

The number of complaints filed about the safety of meat, poultry and egg products jumped nearly 40% last year, from 1,443 to 2,016, according to a new federal report. The report comes a year after…

Wesley United Methodist Church’s food commodities distribution in Iola will resume Monday, Nov. 17, at 4:30 p.m., after being paused in October due to federal funding changes. First-time visitors may participate at the time of…

WASHINGTON — As the federal government shutdown extends to day 17, and with congressional leaders nowhere near negotiating, state officials are beginning to raise concerns of potential cuts to nutrition assistance benefits that feed millions…

The Trump administration’s goal to expel millions of immigrants laboring in the food system will likely increase the foreign workforce in the U.S., experts said Thursday. The administration has said it wants U.S.-born workers to…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it had improved and expanded its Farm to School Grant program and would invest up to $18 million to connect locally grown food to child nutrition programs. The Patrick…

FORT SCOTT — The Southwind Extension District invites the public to attend “Back to the Land: Traditions & Innovations in Small-Scale Farming,” a free educational series designed for anyone interested in homesteading or small-scale agriculture.…

HUMBOLDT — More than 15,000 meals were distributed over the summer via Humboldt USD 258’s summer meals program, which concludes Thursday. The team served an average of 170 children and 30 adults a day, Terry…

On Steve Vossler’s 56th volunteer shift of the year at the Harvesters food bank distribution center in Lawrence, Kansas, he packed corn and cucumbers. “I like the assembly line aspect of it,” he chuckled. He…

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Democrats have succeeded in eliminating more than a dozen policy changes from Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill” after successfully arguing before the chamber’s parliamentarian that the elements didn’t comply with the strict…