food

For four years, a federal food access program helped get fresh food to the communities that needed it most. Now that funding has been cut, how are local food hubs working to fill that gap?

Why do Midwestern cities have such strong associations with certain hot dogs or sausages? In Milwaukee, it’s the bratwurst. In Chicago, the Chicago dog. Detroit has the Coney dog.

Over the past five years, at least nine full-service grocery stores have closed in Milwaukee. The majority of those are on the city's north side. Community members came together to talk about what can be done

Access to affordable food is a growing challenge that doesn’t spare older adults. We examine a Milwaukee County program addressing that problem, one senior diner at a time.

For decades, Hunger Task Force has been in the business of getting food to people in need – including older adults. Chief strategy officer Jonathan Hansen shares how his organization is tackling food access among people 60 and older.

Hunger is rising in Wisconsin and there’s not enough emergency food to meet the need.

A program in Milwaukee gathers excess produce from local farmers' markets, enlists volunteers to chop it up, cooks it into vegetarian meals and delivers them to places like homeless shelters.

Following last year’s passage of Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a growing number of people are ineligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. We explore how that's impacting people in Wisconsin.

Can Hunger Task Force's free summer meal program help solve childhood hunger in Milwaukee? Free meals are served at parks, churches and schools.

Three culinary experts join Lake Effect’s Audrey Nowakowski and Joy Powers for a roundtable discussion about the Michelin Guide in Milwaukee.