Robin Safley

The plan would expand a pilot program that pays growers to provide excess dairy, beef and eggs to food banks

"They’re just troupers." The food bank hasn’t missed a beat in responding to last month’s tornadoes, despite having to lay off 20 employees in March.

Volunteers load boxes of food -- supplied by Second Harvest, Farm Share, Publix and others -- into a line of vehicles that come to Victory House every other Saturday

The network of food banks has entered into a contract with the state Department of Children and Families to do Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) education, teaching people to cook and store the food they're getting.