AUGUSTA (05/20/25) - Golden Harvest Food Bank will welcome elected officials from across its 24-county service area on Thursday, May 22 at 10:00 AM for the Food Bank's third annual Feeding the Future roundtable discussion. The event will take place at Golden Harvest’s main campus, located at 3310 Commerce Drive in Augusta, Georgia. Newly released Feeding America data reveals that 1 in 6 people and 1 in 4 children across the region are facing food insecurity, highlighting the growing need for local solutions and collaborative leadership. This conversation will give attendees a clear view of the hunger landscape in both urban and rural communities and invite meaningful [...]

Rural Georgia County Has the Highest Rate of Child Food Insecurity in the U.S. AUGUSTA (06/05/25) - Nearly 1 in 2 children in Hancock County, Georgia, are growing up without consistent access to food, the highest rate of child hunger in the nation. According to recently released data from Feeding America’s Map the Meal Gap study, 47.8% of children in this rural Georgia county are living in food-insecure households. Hancock County, just west of Augusta, is part of Golden Harvest Food Bank’s 24-county service area and now reflects the most severe child hunger in the country. While food insecurity touches every [...]