Janet Easley says everyone is welcome to the Turner Family Thanksgiving Meal, which will be held at three locations across Indianapolis this year.

The Patachou Foundation aims to serve healthy, fresh meals to food insecure children in the city, and it is now creating a program designed for high school students. WFYI's Terri Dee talks with Executive Director Matthew Feltrop about current services and the new fellowship.

About one in every five Marion County residents live in a food desert -- an estimated 196,000 people in the county.

Democratic incumbent Joe Hogsett and Republican challenger Jim Merritt's first face to face mayoral debate focused on fighting poverty and raising the minimum wage.

Today Republican mayoral candidate Jim Merritt announced his plans to end food insecurity in Indianapolis through four initiatives.

A third of food insecure people make just enough money and are ineligible for federal food assistance programs like SNAP.

The bill would provide grants or loans to projects like food markets, farms or distribution initiatives to address healthy food access in underserved communities.

The partnership aims to increase awareness about child hunger, which affects one in five kids in the state.

Food Compass and was created as part of a competition to address civic problems through technology.

Indiana has a nearly 19-percent "food hardship" rate for households with children.