Three Tampa Bay area schools are among just 114 nationwide being recognized for their fitness and nutrition programs. ...more

September 5, 2009

Hundreds of homebound or impaired seniors throughout Hernando County rely on hot meals delivered to their homes or congregate living centers. ...more

March 25, 2009

Hundreds of homebound or impaired seniors rely on hot meals delivered to their homes or congregate living centers. ...more

March 23, 2009

$21 Weekly average paid to food stamp recipients $12 billion Additional amount a Harvard University study says the United States needs to spend on federal nutrition programs, primarily food stamps, to end hunger ...more

January 26, 2009

There is such a thing as a free lunch. And school districts across the country report that kids are eating many more of them as the flailing economy hits families hard. ...more

December 11, 2008

Married farmers with joint incomes of up to $1.5 million a year could still qualify for crop subsidies under a five-year, $300 billion farm bill compromise that would boost the Agriculture Department's food and farm programs. ...more

May 9, 2008

More than a third of the 143 million pounds of California beef recalled last week went to school lunch programs, with at least 20 million pounds consumed, officials with the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Thursday. ...more

February 22, 2008

For the time being, schoolchildren in Manatee and Charlotte counties will have to get by on spaghetti without meatballs, vegetarian chili and nachos without taco meat. Both districts joined hundreds of others across the country that pulled beef from school menus this week as federal regulators investigate the possible use of sick and injured cattle by a California meat supplier. ...more

February 6, 2008

Former "American Idol" contestant Katharine McPhee has wed producer Nick Cokas. ...more

February 5, 2008

The Senate on Friday approved a farm bill that would continue to funnel billions of dollars in subsidies to wealthy landowners and farmers who are earning record-breaking prices for their crops, rebuffing a concerted campaign by some senators to shift money to conservation, nutrition and deficit reduction. ...more

December 15, 2007