Arkansas Hunger

With almost 20% of the state lacking resources to feed their household, Arkansas has a significantly higher rate of hunger than the national average of 12%.

At a rate of nearly 19%, Arkansas has the highest prevalence of food insecurity in the nation, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture report released Wednesday.

A mobile grocery store could bring access to food for residents of neighborhoods without a brick-and-mortar grocer. But, the potential solution seems deceptively simple.

Each year, volunteers show up by the truckload to pick watermelons for local charitable food networks.

Arkansas is one of a few southern states that opted into a new summer food aid program, but the state Department of Human Services won’t get cards to participants until the second week of July.

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Education Secretary Jacob Oliva handed out meals at an event in Jacksonville Thursday.

The garden is located at 1605 South Broadway in Little Rock and provides food, fellowship, and education opportunities to the neighborhood.

Chicot Elementary students begin their day by eating breakfast in the classroom with classmates.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is dedicating new funding to help Arkansas farmers and food distributors access new markets.

The food donation was announced at an event Wednesday to celebrate Arkansas Rice Month.