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IBJ Podcast: Inside the plan to pack a million meals for food pantries in 24 hours of All-Star Weekend

February 12, 2024

Mason King

Founded by Nancy and Hintz in 2007, Indianapolis-based Million Meal Movement has packed nearly 35 million meals.

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IBJ Podcast: The ambitious plan to end hunger in central Indiana

November 16, 2020

IBJ Staff

Podcast host Mason King talks with Margie Craft, a senior adviser at Elanco Animal Health who is leading Food Secure Indy, a coalition of companies, public officials and not-for-profit groups that want to coordinate hunger-relief efforts.

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UPDATE: Trump administration says it will pay out half of November’s SNAP benefits

November 3, 2025 | Associated Press

SNAP regularly costs the federal government about $9 billion a month. But the federal shutdown, which has lasted more than a month, has affected the program because Congress has not appropriated new funds for it.

Judges order Trump administration to use contingency funds for SNAP payments during shutdown

October 31, 2025 | Associated Press

The rulings came a day before the U.S. Department of Agriculture planned to freeze payments to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

City leaders direct $1M toward food banks to offset possible SNAP loss

October 30, 2025 | Taylor Wooten

City leaders, local companies and food banks have teamed up to create a $1 million-plus partnership and fundraising push to help more than 200 food pantries in Indianapolis.

Midwest Food Bank Indiana acquires 8 acres on city’s south side for new warehouse

October 16, 2025 | Daniel Lee

The new center is being paid for through the Midwest Food Bank Indiana’s “Under One Roof” capital campaign, which officially launched in September.

Midwest Food Bank of Indiana unveils $9M fundraising campaign for new Indy-area warehouse

August 29, 2025 | Daniel Lee

A new 50,000-square-foot facility would help consolidate and streamline operations, the food bank said.

Elanco spearheads Nutrition Secure Indianapolis initiative to provide food aid to west-side families

August 12, 2025 | Taylor Wooten

As the Greenfield-based animal health company prepares to move into its new neighborhood, it’s working with community partners to help ensure some of its new neighbors have adequate food access.

Marc Hackett: You can help ease the troubles from food insecurity

January 19, 2024 | Marc Hackett

Twenty-five percent of Marion County residents are food-insecure and struggle to put food on their table, which can mean choosing between food and utilities, food and transportation, or food and medical care.

Pacers, Colts team with city on Drive & Dish initiative to reduce food insecurity

November 16, 2023 | Taylor Wooten

The new program aimed at several city neighborhoods has a $530,000 fund, which includes donations from Carlisle, Pacers minority owner Steve Simon, Pacers Sports & Entertainment, and the Indianapolis Colts.

Eskenazi, Cummins partner to bring portable market to food-insecure

November 4, 2022 | Taylor Wooten

A former IndyGo bus could start a second life by the end of the year—distributing fresh food, providing nutrition education and troubleshooting problems Indianapolis residents have applying for food stamps.

Hunger and health panel highlights creative solutions to food insecurity

October 31, 2022 | Taylor Wooten

At a forum Monday morning, much of the conversation involved partnerships between localities, not-for-profits, and health systems and their efforts to offer resources and solutions.

Indianapolis aims to get residents eating more fruits and vegetables

October 7, 2022 |

Susan Orr

Indianapolis and Denver have been selected as two cities that will work with the Maryland-based Partnership for a Healthier America and the International Fresh Produce Association, a Delaware-based trade group, to try to double residents’ consumption of fruit and vegetables.

High inflation leaves food banks struggling to meet needs

May 11, 2022 | Associated Press

Food banks across America say negative economic conditions are intensifying demand for their support at a time when their labor and distribution costs are climbing and donations are slowing.

Gleaners plans incubator for new ideas in hunger relief

September 30, 2021 | Kurt Christian

Gleaners Food Bank’s board is working to create a campus master plan and vet ideas for an entrepreneurial incubator next to the nonprofit’s warehouse at 3737 Waldemere Ave.

Q&A with Brooke Blevins, a Butler student trying to make sure her classmates have enough food

April 2, 2021 |

Susan Orr

Blevins, who expects to graduate in May with a degree in human connection and organizational leadership, helped launch Butler’s student food pantry, which began distributing food in early March.

High-profile coalition is taking aim at food insecurity

November 6, 2020 |

John Russell

A group of prominent corporate, not-for-profit and government organizations is launching perhaps the most ambitious food-relief and sustainability program here in years.

Gleaners beefing up refrigerated space in $3.2M expansion project

November 3, 2020 |

Mason King

The state’s largest hunger-relief organization has in recent years dramatically increased the amount of produce, dairy products, lean meats and other perishables it provides.

Challenge of helping hungry families has snowballed during pandemic, panelists say

October 23, 2020 |

Mason King

The complexity of addressing food insecurity in central Indiana has grown since March, according to experts at IBJ’s “Hunger & Health” event on Friday.

Home gardeners can help the hungry by donating some harvest

June 8, 2020 | Associated Press

The nation’s overburdened food pantries tend to only have access to canned fruits and vegetables. But call before dropping off your fresh produce.

Tight job market puts not-for-profits to test

September 29, 2017

Some local entities have increased their attention on retaining existing staff, encouraging volunteers to move into paid positions and expanding their searches when jobs become available by targeting recent graduates or community clubs or schools.

New Gleaners boss flush with ideas

January 19, 2017

John Elliott, who took over as CEO and president of the state’s largest food bank in September, has spent the last four months focused on opening the not-for-profit to new ideas that could lead to feeding more people on fewer dollars.

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