2026
- Carolina Public Press: Tackling the NC food deserts that Helene created
- Community Foundation of Western North Carolina: Melvin R. Lane Fund Awards $1.3 Million to Human Service Nonprofits
- Rutherford Weekly: Melvin R. Lane Fund Awards $1.3 Million to Human Service Nonprofits
- Mountain Xpress: Melvin R. Lane Fund Awards $1.3 Million to Human Service Nonprofits
- Smokey Mountain News: Melvin R. Lane Fund Awards $1.3 Million to Human Service Nonprofits
- Friends and Neighbors of Swannanoa: Bounty & Soul Closes on 6,000-Square-Foot Food Hub to Meet Surging Community Need
- 828 News Now: Bounty & Soul expands free food distribution after 300% increase in need
- Black Mountain News: Bounty & Soul purchases new building, doubling storage capacity
- Enlace Latino NC: Fewer and fewer families are buying fresh fruits and vegetables in North Carolina: what are the reasons?
- WLOS News 13: WNC family transforms Helene-ravaged property into community farm
- WLOS News 13: Mission Hospital food drive raises thousands for local nonprofits fighting hunger
- 828 News Now: Purple Team Triumphs, 20K raised at coloroful Goodwill fashion show
- Mission Health: Mission Hospital awards $20,000 to local food security partners
- BuncombeNC.gov: Commissioners Get Updated Budget Projections, Discuss the Unified Fire District Tax Rate, & More...
- Citizen Times: NC residents to go hungry, counties to pay more for SNAP under changes
- Hendersonville.com: Mission Hospital Awards $20,000 to Local Food Security Partners Through Team-Based Food Drive Competition
- WLOS News 13: Local group combats food insecurity in western NC with markets and home delivery
2025
- Citizen Times: The federal shutdown has ended. What does it mean for Western North Carolina?
- The Urban News: SNAP & ACA in Limbo, What's Next?
- Citizen Times: Buncombe County gives SNAP benefits update, other government shutdown impacts
- Citizen Times: Grocery costs are high, funding is low. Where to find free food in Western North Carolina
- Mountain Xpress: Buncombe County seeks collaborative solutions to SNAP suspension
- Blue Dot Living: Where to eat, drink, and shop like a local in the Blue Ridge mountain town
- PBS Appalachia: Hometowns, Asheville NC Television Premiere
- Citizen Times: Bounty & Soul Host Food Distribution Event in Black Mountain, Sept. 18, 2025
- Asheville Watchdog: Generous community support not nearly enough to fill gap in SNAP funding, food advocates say
- Citizen Times: As SNAP benefits set to pause, Buncombe County will hold drive to support MANNA FoodBank
- The New York Times: Fragile N.C. Residents Lose Medicaid Support for Food and Housing
- CBS News: A look at recovery efforts one year after Hurricane Helene
- NPR Radio: Here & Now: Looking back on Hurricane Helene, one year later
- Fox National News: Western North Carolina marks one year since Hurricane Helene
- Citizen Times: Food insecurity across WNC increased after Helene. A year later, it remains high
- Spectrum Feature: It provides a sense of community, nonprofit providing free produce to Helene victims
- News & Observer: Is ‘back to normal’ even possible? Long year tests NC mountain town’s resilience
- To Asheville and Beyond: Bounty & Soul’s Feed It Forward: Nourishing WNC, One Family at a Time
- BM Impact Foundation: John and Sue's Camino Mission: 500 Miles for 500 Families
- Citizen Times: Bounty & Soul hosts food distribution event in Black Mountain
- Buncombe County Documentary: One year after Tropical Storm Helene, we pause to honor Buncombe County’s journey of recovery.
- Black Mountain News: Swannanoa Artists' Collective to host art show for one-year anniversary of Helene
- Asheville Watchdog: SNAP cuts may double already soaring demand for food from MANNA
- Valley Echo: Swannanoa Valley Medical Center celebrates impactful sunset
Local nonprofit awards $1.4 Million to Area Organizations in final grant cycles - Mountain Xpress: State auditor criticizes Swannanoa relief spending as needs persist
- Black Mountain News: Bounty & Soul receives $50,000 grant, looks for hope amid federal cuts
- NPR Radio:< 9 months after Hurricane Helene, food scarcity is still real in western North Carolina
- TheCoolDown: Community grapples with food scarcity nearly one year after devastating hurricane: 'Fresh food ... is very difficult to come by'
- NPR.org: 9 months after Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina food scarcity is still real
- News&Observer: Contractor set high salaries for NC Helene recovery site. There are few details why
- Mountain Xpress: Needs Increase Amid Financial Decline Says Bounty & Soul
- BlueRidgeNow-Times News: Local Love on Wheels fundraiser to benefit G5 Trail Collective, Bounty & Soul
- Bike World News: ‘Local Love on Wheels’ to aid Hurricane Helene relief for Western NC
- Black Mountain News: Sustenance: A collaborative art exhibit at BMCA
- Southern Living: Barbara Kingsolver Reflects On The Resilient Appalachian Community Months After Hurricane Helene Tore Through the Region
- CNN: North Carolina communities still struggling to recover from Hurricane Helene feel the loss of laid-off CDC disaster team
- NBC: Helene-hit farmers are still scrounging for recovery funds six months on
- Citizen Times: Swannanoa residents 'miserable' as post-Helene Ingles closure spurs food insecurity
- Enlace Latino Six months after Helene, these are the support resources that can still be accessed
- BlueRidgeNow-Times News Local Love on Wheels fundraiser to benefit G5 Trail Collective, Bounty & Soul
- MountainXpress: Annual State of Downtown event talks BID, grants and plans for generating revenue
- MountainXpress: Grassroots organizers power Swannanoa’s recovery
- Black Mountain News: 'Unprecedented' food insecurity: Bounty & Soul receives $25,000 Rotary grant after Helene
- Fox Carolina News: NC rotary presents check to non-profit organization to aid Helene victims
- Mountain Xpress: Food distribution nonprofits provide post-Helene safety nets for WNC farms
- Citizen Times: WNC residents credit nonprofit for improving health, better living
- Black Mountain News: Bounty & Soul to host new series on diabetes prevention and management
2024
- The Valley Echo: Bounty & Soul sows support for farmers, reaps food for the masses
- Mountain Xpress: Why I Volunteer: Giving in more fulfilling than getting
- Black Mountain News: Bounty & Soul receives new funding, plans for in-person market return
- Black Mountain News: Bounty & Soul receives more than $200,000 in critical funding
- The Valley Echo: Bounty & Soul receives critical grant funding amid rising needs
- Asheville News Station: Tipping the Scales: County Grants Bolster Grassroots Efforts, Help Provide Vital Resources for Students, Adults, & More
- Black Mountain News: Bounty & Soul seeks more food donations amid growing need and decreasing supply
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The Blue Banner, UNCA Asheville: UNCA, the City of Asheville and local nonprofits fight against food insecurity
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The Presbyterian Outlook: Black Mountain Presbyterian Church tackles food insecurity
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Black Mountain News: Bounty & Soul provides for increasing need while food and gas prices on the rise
- Mountain Xpress: Why I volunteer: Austin Brown on Bounty & Soul
- Mountain Xpress: Food nonprofits fight to keep up with demand
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NewsBreak: Bounty & Soul awarded $25,000 food and farming grant
- Black Mountain News: Bounty & Soul gets $25,000 grant to boost food access partner programs
- The Current, Georgia: ‘It’s never been done before’: Medicaid to address non-medical determinants of health
- NPR - WFAE 90.7: Some Medicaid patients will start getting help with food and shelter
- MY40: WNC part of 'groundbreaking' pilot addressing social, environmental health determinants
- ABC 13News: WNC part of 'groundbreaking' pilot addressing social, environmental health determinants
- The Valley Echo: Local businesses support Bounty & Soul initiative
- Local Charlotte News: "Its Never been done before":How NC plans to use Medicaid dollars to improve social determinants of health
- NC Health News: NC Medicaid to tackle social determinents of health begins
- Black Mountain News: Bounty & Soul receives $30,000 impact grant
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Mountain Xpress: What’s new in food: Molly Nicholie discusses her new leadership role with ASAP
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Mountain Xpress: Flooding destroyed crops, but support of community grew resolve
- Black Mountain News: Bounty & Soul hosts drive-thru markets in former Bi-Lo parking lot
- Mountain Xpress: Area nonprofits combat hunger despite supply chain woes
- Black Mountain News: Bounty & Soul receives $45,000 in funding from local foundations
- Mountain Xpress: What's new in food: Veggie tales, ungraped wine, Nani's flies the coop and more
- The Valley Echo: Pair of Grants Strengthen Bounty & Soul's Programs
- Mountain Xpress: WNC food banks gear up for winter
- The Valley Echo: Bounty & Soul Receives Community Support during Hunger Action Month
- Mountain Xpress: 2020 Best of WNC -Bounty & Soul win "Best Local Cause to Support"
- WNC Magazine: A Fulfilling Cause: Hunger-relief nonprofit Bounty & Soul goes beyond just feeding a need
- The Valley Echo: Creating in a time of crisis -Libba Tracy launches MUGS ON A MISSION Initiative
- Esri: Food Solidarity in the Time of Covid 19
- United Way of Asheville & Buncombe County: (PDF) Strengthening Community Ties Through COVID-19 at Owen Middle School
- Carolina Public Press: (PDF) NC food banks spring into action amid coronavirus crisis
- Mountain Xpress: (PDF) Community aid helps WNC food banks meet challenges
- The Valley Echo: (PDF) Bounty & soul finds temporary location to accommodate growing demand for food
- Black Mountain News: (PDF) Bounty & Soul brings Produce to the People during time of crisis
- The Valley Echo: (PDF) Bringing produce to the people in times of crisis
- Bounty and Soul feeds the community through Produce to the People (PDF)
- Eating Well Magazine: Experiencing Hunger Led This Woman to Fight It Full-Time
- See all Bounty & Soul articles from Mountain Express HERE
- Black Mountain News: Bounty & Soul celebrates five years of bringing health and happiness to the community
- Black Mountain News: Nudging Valley residents from ‘hungry’ to ‘healthy’
- In 2008, Feeding America – a nationwide network of food banks…
Short order: Blind Pig tackles hunger, how local wines measure up from Citizen Times - In its sixth year, The Blind Pig Supper Club is getting even more serious…
Bounty & Soul’s new director has business experience from Black Mountain News - Volunteers hope new health event becomes annual tradition…
Bounty & Soul gears up for Hunger Action Month from Black Mountain News - September marks an important month for those passionate about…
Hard-hit family prays for a happy outcome from Black Mountain News - Dan Curry, 45, texted his wife Jenny in January to tell her he didn’t feel…
Taking Action in Hunger Action Month from Black Mountain News - Every year the month of September is designated to raise awareness of…
Exploring the intersection of hunger and health from Black Mountain News - In the first week of September, which is recognized as Hunger Action…Volunteering at Bounty & Soul proves meaningful for 13-year-old from Black Mountain News
- There are all kinds of ways for kids to pass the time during summer vacation, but Dante Saldino wanted to spend part of his break doing something meaningful.
Bounty & Soul receives new refrigerators from Black Mountain News - Bounty & Soul, a non-profit hunger relief organization that serves the greater…Crossing the distance: Mobile markets fight hunger in the deserts from Mountain Xpress
- “Food desert” may be a term you’ve heard a lot recently. The U.S. Department of Agriculture defines a food desert…
Food where it’s most needed: Mapping resource centers from Mountain Xpress - Growing food is about more than producing the perfect piece of produce or spending quality time in the dirt…
Together We Grow: How gardens are raising food and creating community from Mountain Xpress - Spring is approaching and across Western North Carolina farmers and growers are eagerly anticipating getting their…
Report shines light on Asheville’s hunger, homelessness problems from Mountain Xpress - Last week, the U.S. Conference of Mayors released an in-depth report examining the hunger and homelessness situations…
- Hunger Fighters: Bounty and Soul provides for Swannanoa Valley
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