Feeding South Dakota

Surge in food insecurity prompts individual efforts, enhanced partnerships

By Jodi Schwan | November 24, 2025

This fall has brought many powerful efforts to address food insecurity — but the need also has grown right along with them.

As need for food donations climbs, raffle offers chance to win new truck

By Submitted | June 16, 2025

You can support a critical effort to feed the hungry while maybe driving home in a brand-new truck.

Avera addresses food insecurity with clinic food pantries

By Submitted | March 12, 2025

Avera is offering clinic-based food pantries for patients who experience food insecurity in Sioux Falls and Parkston.

Feeding South Dakota sees drop in food donations, calls for monetary help

By Em Powers | July 8, 2024

Feeding South Dakota has a message for the community: Donations are down, and the hope is the Sioux Falls area will step up to address a food insecurity gap during the summer.

As price hikes stick, signs of food insecurity mount in Sioux Falls area

By Em Powers | August 28, 2023

The numbers will tell you demand for food assistance has shot up. The people in line for these groceries have their own stories to tell.

Banquet at 35: Serving a community with changing food insecurity

By Chloe Houwman | October 18, 2021

It started with feeding 100 people each month and providing one meal each week. The Banquet now is responsible for serving 16 meals each week and 700 people every day. “When I came in 2008, […]

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