Insufficient benefits and soaring medical expenses intensify food insecurity for seniors in Yancey, Mitchell and Avery counties. An elderly Mitchell County woman survived only because maggots in her leg were eating the dead flesh and preventing infection. At the time, she was living in a run-down home with no electricity […]

Nonprofit groups seek creative solutions to hunger despite obstacles of geography and infrastructure in Mitchell, Yancey and Avery counties. Spruce Pine, a small town in Mitchell County, is among many rural communities in the mountains of North Carolina that face food insecurity and hunger, driven by isolation. Allen and Amy […]

This article was originally published by Carolina Public Press. It is part two in a year-long series of stories focused on food insecurity in Western North Carolina, titled Faces of Hunger. Paul Crisp of Whittier came March 20 to the Living Waters Food Pantry and Resource Center, located across Swain County in […]

Food insecurity drives hunger in entire families, but often hits children hardest. School and community programs targeting children seek to help. This article was originally published by Carolina Public Press. It is part one in a year-long series of stories focused on food insecurity in Western North Carolina, titled Faces […]