Grains Pick up white and brown rices, whole wheat pastas (any shape!), quinoa, and barley. Bulk oatmeal (avoid flavored packets, if possible) and low-sugar whole-grain cereals are also great items to donate.

Food banks are seeing a massive surge in demand due to the government shutdown, causing distribution sites to run out of supplies early.

Rep. Joe Neguse, House assistant minority leader, visited the Food Bank for Larimer County as it braces for influx of those in need.

Laura Brooks with God’s Pantry Food Bank estimates that 250,000 people in central and eastern Kentucky may need to supplement their SNAP benefits with food provided by local food banks and pantries.

To help meet the community’s needs, the Weld Food Bank has added food distribution hours, scheduled additional mobile food pantry stops and purchased nearly $250,000 of additional food.

Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency and the Yolo Food Bank are preparing for emergency food distributions to residents in need with the possibility of SNAP food assistance delays. The distributions are scheduled for the first two weeks of November,

per the California Association of Food Banks. “Food banks across California are anticipating an increase in demand and will need ongoing support to meet rising needs,” the California Association of Food Banks said in a statement to the Desert Sun ...