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Merritt calls Hogsett’s food insecurity plan ‘complete waste of money’

July 12, 2019

Republican mayoral candidate state Sen. Jim Merritt on Thursday criticized Mayor Joe Hogsett’s plan to spend about $580,000 on programs to combat food insecurity in Indianapolis and said it “will likely make the problem worse.”

Marshawn Wolley: Mayoral candidates must make schools a priority

July 9, 2019

Both candidates have to have the courage to say the status quo isn’t good enough.

Indianapolis mayoral candidates compete over food-insecurity plans

June 20, 2019

Jim Merritt on Thursday proposed his own initiatives to tackle the issue of food insecurity in Indianapolis, and he criticized those recently made by Mayor Joe Hogsett as “Band-Aid” solutions.

City expands pilot program in reaction to Walmart closure

June 13, 2019

City of Indianapolis officials on Wednesday decided to add more stores to a yet-to-be-launched food-insecurity program after learning that a Walmart Neighborhood Market on the far-east side was preparing to close.

Marshawn Wolley: Amid strides, mayor must do more for black community

June 12, 2019

The homicide rate for black males in Indianapolis was about 500% that of white males in 2018—an astronomical disparity in a specific population.

Council panel OKs $580K in programs to confront local food insecurity

June 6, 2019

Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett’s new initiatives to combat food insecurity were advanced by a vote at an Indianapolis City-County Council committee Wednesday. The overall plan involves spending $580,000 on four programs.

‘Pro-life’ crowd, be careful what you wish for

June 5, 2019

Alabama, Georgia and other states have passed abortion bans, aiming at a Supreme Court they believe has been politicized in their favor. Ironically, sending the issue back to the states, as a decision to overturn Roe would do, falls into the “be careful what you wish for” category. Republicans have benefited greatly from the single-issue […]

Hogsett pledges 25-year plan to fight food insecurity, hunger in Indianapolis

May 30, 2019

Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett outlined plans to tackle food insecurity in his state of the city address, stating that he would soon submit to the Indianapolis City-County Council a “significant investment for programming.”

GREG MORRIS: Gleaners leads fight against food insecurity

May 8, 2019

Your help is needed in the battle against hunger, a problem that observes no boundaries.

GREG MORRIS: A continuing fight against food insecurity

October 17, 2018

Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana and IBJ partnered this month to share the urgency of hunger and its many side effects.

Q&A with urban farmer Sharrona Moore

October 10, 2018

Sharrona Moore wanted to solve food insecurity and food access in her east-side community. So she’s trying to do it herself.

Hunger, food insecurity continue to vex Indiana residents

October 10, 2018

In Indiana, one million people face food insecurity, and in Indianapolis the number is approaching nearly 175,000—or more than 18 percent of the population.

Patachou Foundation expanding rapidly, feeding more children in more places

September 26, 2018

It has grown from serving 180 children at three schools in the Indianapolis Public Schools district in 2013 to serving 1,200 children at eight schools and five summer camps this year.

Q&A: Fishers firm uses plants in pods to battle food insecurity

August 16, 2018

Jonathan Partlow is founder of Fishers-based ag-tech company Aggressively Organic, a company focused on ending food insecurity by innovating agricultural practices.

Local technology community tackles hunger during ‘civic hack’

June 18, 2018

The goal of the hack this year was to create a “food compass” app, that will give people in Indianapolis information about enrolling in benefits such as the SNAP or WIC.

GREG MORRIS: Hoosiers can do better in fight against hunger

May 2, 2018

We’re still too reliant on federal food programs, which could see massive cuts.

Mayor Fadness seeks to bring farm experience to Fishers

April 26, 2018

The city of Fishers is partnering with Greenfield-based, not-for-profit Brandywine Creek Farms to open a 40-acre urban farm called Fishers Agripark.

Fishers to embrace agriculture in new city park

March 16, 2018

The 32-acre Fishers AgriPark will be the largest park in the country dedicated solely to a working farm, city officials say.

Five companies commit to adding 500 jobs in Fishers

December 4, 2017

The announcement caps off what officials are calling a record year for economic development in the northern suburb—commitments for 2,185 new jobs and $64.5 million in capital investment.

BOHANON & CUROTT: Be thankful for our private property rights

November 22, 2017

The pilgrims discovered the hard way the weaknesses in the communal-property-rights model.

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