Mosaic Fertilizer celebrated its first five years on the New York Stock Exchange recently by contributing $45,000 in cash and 6,000 pounds of food to benefit America's Second Harvest. ...more

November 4, 2009

As home gardeners prepare a patch in their yards for an annual vegetable garden, a Mulberry woman is hoping to plant a seed of her own. ...more

October 21, 2009

During the recession and high unemployment, more Pasco people than ever have been struggling just to put food on the table. So Chasco Fiesta and United Way of Pasco County are teaming up on the first Stock the Shelves food drive during the entire run of the festival, March 19 - March 29. ...more

March 18, 2009

In soup kitchens, food pantries and universities across the country, activists are planting the seeds for an overhaul of the way America feeds its more than 35 million hungry people, the first major challenge to a system largely developed in the 1960s. ...more

January 26, 2009

Parkway Food Ministries in Sebring was providing food to about 50 families a month when it opened in October 2007. With the recession hitting people harder, the ministry now gives food to 300 families monthly. ...more

January 26, 2009

It was business as usual for the more than 40 volunteers of the Nativity Food Pantry as they prepared carts filled with groceries Thursday for 175 needy families at Nativity Catholic Church. ...more

January 21, 2009

It was business as usual for the more than 40 volunteers of the Nativity Food Pantry as they prepared grocery carts filled with groceries Thursday for 175 needy families at Nativity Catholic Church. ...more

January 14, 2009

With the need greater than ever, Pasco deputies and their community allies stepped up their efforts to supply holiday food baskets to needy families. "We went from 400 baskets last year to about 440 this year," Cpl. Dan Dede from the Sheriff's Office citizens support services group announced. He hopes to collect even more next year. ...more

December 27, 2008

Just three weeks ago, the largest food pantry in Highlands County had breathtakingly low bank balance of $1,000. ...more

December 15, 2008

I don't remember the last time I had this much fun shopping. ...more

December 3, 2008