How to Eat Healthy on a Budget: Easy & Nutritious Meal Ideas

Plate of grilled chicken, green beans, and potatoes, an example of an easy and healthy meal on a budget.

“What’s for dinner?”  It’s a question that can feel overwhelming when you’re doing your best to stretch every dollar while also providing nourishing food for the people you love. With some thoughtful planning and ingenuity, though, budget-friendly, nutritious meals are absolutely within reach for you and your loved ones.  The USDA recommends a simple formula […]

The Impact of SNAP and Medicaid Reductions on our Neighbors

Volunteers surrounded by food and boxes at a mobile pantry distribution.

Early in July, Congress passed a budget reconciliation package that has been referred to as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” Estimates show that this bill represents the largest reductions to SNAP and Medicaid in history — nearly $200 billion from SNAP (equating to roughly 6 billion meals per year) and more than $900 billion […]

July 2025 Partner Newsletter

Exterior rendering of Food Bank of the Rockies' future facility in Aurora, CO.

Table of Contents Dear Partners,  After years of planning, months of construction, countless discussions (including with many of you!), our collective efforts, and invaluable support from each of you, we’re launching the public phase of Fulfilled, our capital campaign for our future Denver-area distribution center. We’re thrilled to finally be able to share this news […]

Building a Hunger-Free Future with the Fulfilled Capital Campaign

Girls sitting outside on a lawn next to a Food Bank of the Rockies food box.

https://youtu.be/FhzdvYprJGE?si=4Co2UEIJh7ROniUp One in every eight people around you is living with food insecurity while being forced to make impossible choices. A recent report shows that hunger rates are at a more than 10-year high; headlines have labeled this a “public health crisis.” Rather than be intimidated by this fact, Food Bank of the Rockies is […]

Latest Data Shows Continued Increases in Food Insecurity

Food Bank truck in the background, several volunteers in foreground carrying food bags to line of cars.

Food insecurity can feel like a distant problem for people not living with it. But the reality is that food insecurity affects far more people than you might realize. The most recent data from Feeding America’s Map the Meal Gap study reveals that in Food Bank of the Rockies’ service area, one in eight people […]