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Feeding America, Kentucky’s Heartland (FAKH) recently received $10,000 in support from the Red Nose Day 2018 campaign.  The organization used the money to help support their BackPack Program, a program which provides weekend food to children who struggle with hunger when school meals are not available. The BackPack Program is available to school-age children in…

  Like many counties across the Bluegrass, Hancock County, Kentucky is often described as having “small town charm with access to big city life.”1  However, even in a quaint, close-knit community like Lewisport and the surrounding areas, there are characteristics most would agree aren’t very “charming” – like hunger for instance. Hancock County is one…

  Warren County, Kentucky was named for General Joseph Warren.1 General Warren served in the Revolutionary War and ended up playing a part in several key moments in history.  In addition to his involvement in the Battle of Bunker Hill, General Warren was also responsible for sending William Dawes and Paul Revere on the famous…

  Todd County, Kentucky has been the birthplace of several people of note since it was founded nearly 200 years ago.1  Robert Penn Warren, the first poet laureate of the United States, and Kent Greenfield, a Major League Baseball player, were born in Guthrie.1, 2,3  Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States from 1861 – 1865,…

  Since its founding in 17991, a lot of changes and improvements have taken place in Breckinridge County. Roads have been built, businesses have opened, and the community has grown.  But, despite all of these changes, one thing has remained the same – the issue of hunger. According to a Feeding America study, approximately 1…

Despite only having a population of about 12,500 people, Caldwell County is home to a handful of important food related businesses.  These include the Kentucky Soybean Association, Bremnar Inc., North America’s largest private label cookie and cracker manufacturer, and Newsom’s Aged Kentucky Country Ham. 1   However, even with all of these local resources, hunger continues…

In the almost 220 years since Ohio County was established, it has gone through some major changes.  From 1798 until 1829, the county’s northern border went all the way up to the Ohio River, for which the county was named.1 In the 1970’s, the local coal mines produced much of the nation’s coal supply.1 There…