food insecurity

In a lawsuit filed Friday, the Trump administration is seeking injunctions against Michigan and three other states to require them to turn over their last five years of applicant data from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.

The Father Fred Foundation food pantry in Grand Traverse County served 47,000 people last year. That's in a county of just over 90,000 people.

The Frostbite Food Drive returns this weekend as Father Fred’s works to meet rising hunger across northern Michigan communities.

On a remote island in Lake Michigan, some old apple trees could have very rare, never-before-discovered genes. And if they do, they could join the U.S. stockpile of apples poised to fight off future threats.

When we adopted our cat, Rosie, we only knew that she had been a stray and was very shy. We soon learned that she was also very hungry. Hungry for anything we put in her bowl.

Millions of people are relying on food pantries during the pandemic. In rural spots Up North, that means long lines at cash-strapped facilities.And that…

When winter hits northern Michigan, there’s usually a bump in the number of people who don’t know where their next meal will come from. But this year, the…