Tell the administration why the categorical eligibility rule change is bad for people who are hungry COMMENT NOW July 26, 2019 - In the fight against hunger across the United States, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, or food stamps) remains the nation’s most effective tool, providing food assistance to 38 million [...]

Oregon Senate Republicans must return to work June 26, 2019 - Last week, the Oregon Senate Republicans left our state capitol in Salem. They have yet to return to do their jobs as required by the constitution, leaving critical anti-hunger programs hanging in the balance, when 1 in 8 of our neighbors are facing [...]

May 9, 2019 - On April 11, nearly 200 anti-hunger advocates gathered in Salem to support the Oregon Food Bank advocacy agenda. State budget allocations for the next two years are decided in the next month, and we need to ensure that Oregon's food banks continue to assist our friends and neighbors across Oregon. [...]

January 16, 2019 - At Oregon Food Bank, we hold the people we serve at the center of all we do. That’s why we’re deeply concerned about the federal government partial shutdown. The shutdown leaves 800,000 federal employees without paychecks. We encourage people going without income during the shutdown to seek help from the Oregon [...]

February 10, 2017 - Oregon has a hunger crisis. Over 270,000 people a month access food from a pantry. Despite having the highest spike in the hunger rate in the entire nation, proposed budgets from the Governor and Legislature would cut food assistance. The Oregon Legislature is now in session and they've already begun their work [...]

January 17, 2017 - Cary Fardal thinks of her family’s time on SNAP (food stamps) as a U.S. government investment. The people she now works with at the Oregon State Hospital would probably agree. After graduating high school – “barely,” she says with an unrepentant grin – she spent years on Mount Hood, in the life [...]