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Meet This Season’s Farm Hands Helping Hunger Task Force Grow Fresh, Culturally Responsive Produce
Meet the 2025 Farm Hands who work alongside our full-time farm staff and volunteers to grow over half a million pounds of fruits and vegetables that are the primary source of fresh produce distributed through our food bank to our network of local pantries, meal programs and shelters across Milwaukee County.
Hunger Task Force and Hadley Terrace Senior Apartments Have Partnered to Support Milwaukee Seniors with Stockboxes Since 2003
Hunger Task Force has partnered with Hadley Terrace Senior Apartments since 2003 to distribute free Stockboxes—monthly boxes of healthy food—to low-income seniors in Milwaukee.
The Jewish Community Pantry and Hunger Task Force Have Partnered to Stop Summer Hunger Together Since 1993
Since 1993, Hunger Task Force and the Jewish Community Pantry have partnered to stop summer hunger in Milwaukee, providing healthy, free food to children, families and seniors—especially when school meals are unavailable.
Meet Lisa Karnish the Professional Behind Our Inventory and Warehouse Operations
Meet Lisa Karnish, Operations Associate Manager at Hunger Task Force, driving efficiency, inventory management and community impact at Milwaukee’s Free & Local food bank.
News & Media
Everyone knew extra federal food stamp allotments would end. But the timing couldn’t be worse.
Story by: Devi Shastri, Milwaukee Journal SentinelEbony Williams, 30, and her daughter Schyrinity, 11, stood in the lobby of the Despensa De La Paz food pantry on a cold January Saturday, quietly watching as people bustled past them and into a packed waiting room....
Hunger Task Force prepares families and seniors for the ending of extra FoodShare COVID-19 pandemic payments
Due to Federal Action, the Last Extra FoodShare COVID-19 Pandemic Payment is February 19, 2023. Hunger Task Force will begin preparing families and seniors for the ending of extra FoodShare COVID-19 pandemic benefits. On Friday, January 13, 2023, the Wisconsin...
2022-2023 School Breakfast Challenge
School Breakfast fuels academic success! Kids who eat a healthy school breakfast do better in math, have higher attendance and are more likely to graduate. Make this school year the best one yet. Join the Wisconsin School Breakfast Challenge and see how easy it is to...
Winter 2023 Nutrition Education Quarterly available online
Hunger Task Force doesn't just feed people in our community – we help along their health journeys, too. Hunger Task Force offers a robust Nutrition Education Program committed to providing useful tools to sustain a healthy lifestyle. Check out the Winter 2023 edition...
Hungry for the holidays: Inflation driving spike in food insecurity across Wisconsin
Food insecurity appears to be exploding across Wisconsin, with nearly an 11% increase in the amount of Foodshare and food stamp benefits being delivered, according to the state Department of Health Services. The jump in October — the most recent data available — is...
Badger Box Program Will Continue
Fighting hunger isn’t a seasonal issue, but this is the time of year that many people pay more attention to food insecurity in our communities. Sherrie Tussler, the Executive Director of Hunger Task Force in Milwaukee shares more about the urban farm they use to...
Hunger Task Force Winter 2022 Newsletter now available online
Winter 2022 Newsletter As we wrap up 2022 and look to the new year, explore this convenient, digital version of the Hunger Task Force Winter Newsletter! Read about Hunger Task Force's recent trip to the White House, our record growing season at the Hunger Task Force...
Raymond James, TMJ4 and Hunger Task Force Partner for Annual “Home 4 the Holidays” Campaign
Hunger Task Force is again partnering with Raymond James & Associates and TODAY’S TMJ4 for the seventh consecutive year to offer an easy way to give back to local families this season: a virtual food drive. The Raymond James Home 4 the Holidays Virtual Food Drive...
Zurn Elkay to Match All Turkey Donations to Hunger Task Force Throughout November
On Tuesday, November 1, Hunger Task Force and Zurn Elkay Water Solutions kicked off the 12th Annual Turkey Ticker Challenge. Throughout November, all frozen turkeys and online turkey donations received will be matched by Zurn Elkay Water Solutions. The Zurn Elkay...
Hunger Task Force Badger Box Program receives $5 Million Investment from Gov. Evers and DATCP
MILWAUKEE – (October 20, 2022) – Governor Evers, along with with the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP), announced today that Hunger Task Force will receive a $5 million investment to continue the work to eliminate food insecurity in...
Hunger Task Force Kicks Off Annual Food For Families Holiday Drive
Milwaukee Mayor and County Executive Honor Food For Families with City and County Proclamations Hunger Task Force and Johnson Controls have teamed up for the 17th year to kick off the Food For Families holiday drive. Johnson Controls has been the Food For Families...
Hunger Task Force Fall 2022 Newsletter now available online
Fall 2022 Newsletter Explore this convenient, digital version of the Hunger Task Force Fall 2022 Newsletter! Read about Hunger Task Force's efforts to connect eligible families to FoodShare through the Food Is a Human Right campaign, Packers legend Donald Driver's...
Hunger Task Force Invited to Speak at White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health
Sherrie Tussler will join other anti-hunger leaders from across the nation at the White House. On Wednesday, September 28, 2022, Hunger Task Force's executive director, Sherrie Tussler, will speak on a panel during the Biden-Harris Administration's White House...
Fall 2022 Nutrition Education Quarterly available online
Hunger Task Force doesn't just feed people in our community – we help along their health journeys, too. Hunger Task Force offers a robust Nutrition Education Program committed to providing useful tools to sustain a healthy lifestyle. Check out the Fall 2022 edition of...
How One Milwaukee Food Bank Is Handling the Drop in USDA Funding
Matt King, CEO of Hunger Task Force, discusses the challenges of meeting food needs in his city after two rounds of federal funding cuts in March.
Spring 2025 Nutrition Education Quarterly available online
Hunger Task Force doesn’t just feed people in our community – we help along their health journeys, too. Hunger Task Force offers a robust Nutrition Education Program committed to providing useful tools to sustain a healthy lifestyle. Check out this seasonal edition of our Nutrition Education Quarterly. Explore this seasonal publication for helpful tips on healthy eating, cooking skills, budget-friendly shopping and ways to fit physical activity in your day.