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It’s time for the 10/31 Consortium’s 7th Annual Halloween Parade!  Put on your costume and join 10/31 Consortium for the 2016 Baton Rouge Halloween Parade.  (more…)

More than 18% of people in Baton Rouge are food insecure. Food insecurity refers to a situation where a person is not sure from where their next meal will come or whether a meal will come at all. (more…)

Cane Land Distilling Co. has partnered with the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank to offer the unique opportunity for individuals and businesses to bid on a 53-gallon, single barrel of Original Mississippi Floated Whisky (OMFW). After over six years of aging, the barrel was floated over 1,100 nautical miles down... Read Cane Land Distilling Co.’s Barrel for the Bank's Story

Hunters for the Hungry is hosting their Annual Clean Out Your Freezer Day, September 24th! (more…)

FEED A FAMILY Join the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank, WBRZ and the Baton Rouge Clinic as they host the 32nd Feed A Family food drive this September. This food drive runs all month long and is instrumental in providing food for those in need across the Food Bank's 11... Read Feed A Family 2017's Story

Born and raised on a farm in Maurepas, Charles remembers spending his childhood picking strawberries, beans and peas. “It’s what we had to do to make our living. I didn’t get much education because I had to work on the farm a lot,” Charles recalls. Although Charles moved off the property and had a... Read Longtime Farmer Shares Experience Receiving Food for the First Time's Story

This September, the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank, together with the Feeding America nationwide network of food banks, will rally in an effort to bring an end to hunger. Hunger Action Month is designed to inspire people to take action and to raise awareness to the fact that 42 million... Read September is Hunger Action Month's Story

After 76 years of living in Livingston Parish, Leotha’s favorite thing about it is the river. “The Amite River, where we fish, is the best part. Best fish in the world,” she said. Although the river remains her favorite part of Livingston, it brought some unimagined difficulties in August 2016. “I’ve been where... Read One Year Later: Flood Impacted Families Grateful for Food's Story

American Institute of Architects Baton Rouge, Louisiana Art and Science Museum, and the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank are “getting the band together” to raise awareness of the issue of hunger in a unique way as we kick-off Hunger Action Month with “Rock-Can-Roll” CANstruction®. (more…)

Almost one year after the August flood, the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank celebrated the grand reopening of its administrative offices with a ribbon cutting ceremony, followed by a special mobile pantry food distribution in partnership with Smithfield Foods and the Baton Rouge Police Department.  (more…)