Feeding America, the largest organization tackling hunger in the U.S., saves billions of pounds of food each year. But with more than 200 food banks in its network, deciding where food goes is a huge undertaking. 

The view from one location in Central California.

Food banks have less to give this summer since the federal government cut millions in USDA funding.

The programs accounted for more than a billion dollars’ worth of contracts for small farmers, ranchers and fishermen.

Claire Babineaux-Fontenot discusses food inflation, food insecurity and efforts to influence government policymakers.

To blunt the pain of tariffs, the government is buying more than $1 billion in surplus food. Much of that will go to food banks.

A survey of 34 universities and community colleges found that about 48 percent of students reported food insecurity in the previous 30 days, 22 percent with such low levels of food security that they qualified as hungry.

As we head into the Thanksgiving holiday, food banks are gearing up to help the hungry.