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    <title>Wisconsin Watch - Episodes Tagged with “Food”</title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2023 14:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
    <description>The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism is an independent, nonpartisan and nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that reports on government accountability and quality of life issues, like education, the economy and the environment. It’s more important to us to get the story right than it is to be first and we believe in collaborating, not competing, with other news outlets. Not only can you find our stories on WisconsinWatch.org, but we give all of our reports away for free to hundreds of other news organizations.
We are excited to start sharing our reports in audio form and you can find them wherever you get your podcasts!
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We are excited to start sharing our reports in audio form and you can find them wherever you get your podcasts!
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  <title>Pandemic support fading for 1 in 12 Wisconsinites who were food insecure</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Some pandemic-related changes could transform FoodShare and other solutions to hunger — if the policies survive expiration dates and the state’s political divide</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>"Wisconsin Watch’s Erin Gretzinger and other members of the University of Wisconsin-Madison investigative spring reporting class explore the history and state of hunger in Wisconsin, including the cumbersome government FoodShare program and efforts to increase the quality and accessibility of food through Wisconsin Watch's new series called 'Beyond Hunger'.
" Originally published on July 21st, 2022. 
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    <![CDATA[<p>&quot;Wisconsin Watch’s Erin Gretzinger and other members of the University of Wisconsin-Madison investigative spring reporting class explore the history and state of hunger in Wisconsin, including the cumbersome government FoodShare program and efforts to increase the quality and accessibility of food through Wisconsin Watch&#39;s new series called &#39;Beyond Hunger&#39;.<br>
&quot; Originally published on July 21st, 2022.</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.wisconsinwatch.org/donate/">Support Wisconsin Watch</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>&quot;Wisconsin Watch’s Erin Gretzinger and other members of the University of Wisconsin-Madison investigative spring reporting class explore the history and state of hunger in Wisconsin, including the cumbersome government FoodShare program and efforts to increase the quality and accessibility of food through Wisconsin Watch&#39;s new series called &#39;Beyond Hunger&#39;.<br>
&quot; Originally published on July 21st, 2022.</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.wisconsinwatch.org/donate/">Support Wisconsin Watch</a></p>]]>
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  <title>Federal food aid in Wisconsin has evolved, but users still face decades-old barriers</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>The former head of Wisconsin’s FoodShare program says qualifying for and maintaining food assistance is overly cumbersome for participants</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;This story explores the history of federal food assistance and its potential future in Wisconsin. This story is part of the Wisconsin Watch series "Beyond Hunger." Reporting by Sam Watson and Joey Prestley. Originally published on July 28th, 2022.  &lt;/p&gt;
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