Food shelves strive to provide nutritious and fresh food items, including perishables like bread, dairy, produce and meat. The annual Minnesota Food Shelf Survey helps identify food priorities for local communities.

A food shelf is open at MSP Airport​ in support of federal employees who are working without pay during the government shutdown​.

The Salvation Army in Austin runs a food shelf four days a week for two and a half hours each day.In that time from, the shelf typically sees between 40 and 50 households a day.But as of last week, that number has spiked.

SNAP or 3SquaresVT, also known as food stamps, is a federal initiative that provides monthly benefits to low-income people to help afford groceries.

Rural Oregon food banks are stretched thin. With federal funding for SNAP set to expire, the demand will rise and food supply may not be able to keep up.

Food aid for more than 40 million Americans is at risk of expiring at week’s end WASHINGTON — Republican leaders in Congress said it’s all or nothing on Wednesday as they rejected a Democratic push to carve out food aid funding for more than 40 million Americans who stand to lose it as part of the government shutdown .

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides government assistance to bring food and other necessities to low-income households.

Across the country, there are over 41 million people enrolled in the federal government’s Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, known as SNAP.