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Lionel Ramos/Harvest Public MediaFederal food assistance has started to flow again after the government reopened. But the charitable food system is planning for continued need through the end of the year. -
Katie Thoresen/WXPRAs SNAP benefits, or FoodShare as it’s called in Wisconsin, were delayed at the beginning of this month, local food pantries saw an increase in households signing up for their services.With those benefits now restored, the question becomes how many of those people will remain pantry customers and can the pantries support them.
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A new report shows how a developing system called Agrivoltaics has the potential to offer what supporters call a much needed economic option for Wisconsin farmers, while redefining solar development as a tool for prosperity rather than a threat to it. -
Amid the back and forth over SNAP benefits and the high cost of groceries these days, the Wisconsin DNR is urging hunters to help fill the gap.For decades, the state-run deer donation program has been in decline. The state and local food pantries hope this is the year it starts to turn around. -
Turkey prices tend to rise closer to holidays such as Thanksgiving. But tariffs and bird flu could dramatically drive up the cost of turkeys this year. -
Feed Our Rural Kids and the Northwoods Children’s Museum in Eagle River are working together to ensure children have food. -
Food assistance benefits were cut off in November due to the government shutdown. That’s led a handful of state agencies to post messages blaming Republicans or Democrats for the shutdown on official websites. -
The U.S. agricultural industry depends on undocumented immigrants, but President Trump’s immigration crackdown is further depleting an already tight workforce. The labor crisis may be setting the stage for big changes to a federal program that allows foreign workers into the country legally. -
Gilbert Farms is asking to nearly double in size, from about 1,400 animals to more than 2,400. It is the first time since 2020 the DNR has granted an in-person hearing for a CAFO permit -
Temperatures remained into the 80s well in the fall this year in parts of the Midwest. Agrivoltaics offers a respite to extreme heat and land access for new farmers. -
Some Midwestern soybean farmers are selling their beans to be crushed and turned into soybean meal and oil. But economists say domestic processing won’t be enough to offset the drop in Chinese demand. -
Between Oneida and Vilas Counties roughly 5,000 people will not be getting their FoodShare benefits as expected next month.
