The consumer price index shows food prices are up 9.4% from a year ago. And it's forcing more and more people to look for help

WTAE-TV Pittsburgh President and General Manager Charles W. Wolfertz III speaks on behalf of the editorial board on food insecurity

Bowery Farming is the largest vertical farming company in the U.S​. The new farm in Bethlehem, Pa. is ​its largest, most sustainable farm.

With prices increasing, that is also causing more challenges for families, so that’s going to make it even harder for them to afford food.

While food banks watch their budgets, many families could soon need help again, with extra snap benefits set to expire on April 15.

Share Food Program last month distributed around 1.1 mil pounds of food to its Philadelphia pantries, about 136K pounds more than in Jan '22

“Some folks who are kind of right on the line or not yet pinched on their budget, are now needing help for their food,” said Joe Arthur/CPFB

“Right now, one of the things that we are dealing with is the increase in food prices."

Gov. Wolf's proposed 2022-23 General Fund spending plan would increase PASS funding from $2.5 million to $4.5 million.

“While the overall poverty rate in 2019 was 10.5% , poverty among white individuals was 9.1% compared to 18.8% for Black/15.7% for Latino

Katie Wedell, USA TODAY Published 5:06 a.m. ET Nov. 24, 2021 While consumers are navigating higher prices on essentials like gas and...

In the year since Victoria J. placed 4 community refrigerators across Philly with free food, she's been amazed at how quickly they empty out

A soup kitchen at Erie’s City Mission, which serves those affected by poverty, distributed 365,000 pounds of food in 2020, a 19% increase

UPMC Health Plan actively works with the food bank to provide food to patients through an innovative team