Approximately 9.4% of Iowans are food insecure, meaning they do not have the ability to acquire nutritionally adequate and safe foods in socially acceptable ways. That's where the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) comes in.
The Iowa Food Bank Association (IFBA), with the Food Banks, empower, collaborate and unite to ensure all
communities have access to food.
Our Impact
1,500
local partner agencies across the state.
99
counties served in Iowa.
61,000,000
meals served across Iowa in 2024.
Cultivate Iowa is an initiative of the Iowa Food Systems Council’s Food Access & Health Work Group (FAHWG) to promote the benefits of food gardening and produce donation to create a sustainable future and healthier communities in Iowa.
Feeding America undertook the Map the Meal Gap project, with the generous support of the Howard G. Buffett Foundation and The Nielsen Company, to learn more about the face of hunger at the local community level.
The Iowa Food Bank Association thanks our sponsors and partners as we work together to fight hunger in Iowa.
