The Garden at High Plains Food Bank

06/03/2026

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05/28/2026

05/28/2026

Hollyhocks

05/08/2026

Volunteers from both the Soncy and Ross Sam’s Club locations joined us in The Garden for their Day of Service on April 21, and we couldn’t be more grateful!

These amazing volunteers got down and dirty spreading mulch to prepare planting areas, pulling weeds, and planting okra that will be harvested later this summer. Their hard work is helping us grow fresh food for neighbors facing hunger across the Texas Panhandle.

Their visit also helped shine a light on the 13th Annual Fight Hunger. Spark Change. campaign, and we’re thankful for the support they continue to provide both in the garden and in their stores.

Thank you, Sam’s Club, for your partnership and commitment to fighting hunger in our community!

05/08/2026

Had a great group from this morning!!
We’d love to see you and your group out here next!

05/05/2026

We have a great group of future gardeners from Travis Middle School come work in The Garden this morning! If you have a group that likes to help and likes gardening and learning about gardening, sign up on our website! We would love to have you!

04/23/2026

At Gene Howe elementary , Sheri and the kids talked about the new food pyramid, real food, portion sizes, and building a healthy plate.

04/14/2026

The folks at couldn’t get enough of the carrot waffles 🥕

10/28/2025

A lapse in funding from the federal government for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s food assistance program, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), will affect at least 29,031 people in Potter and Randall Counties. Feeding Texas, a statewide network of food banks—of which Amarillo’s High Plains Food Bank is part—released the latest information on SNAP benefit recipients from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), Monday.

The HHSC has a list of benefits Texans are missing because of the federal government shutdown. Under SNAP, it states, “November SNAP benefits will not be issued at this time.” In its release, Feeding Texas said that if the federal government shutdown did not end by Monday, HHSC had acknowledged that it would not be able to provide SNAP benefits starting Saturday, Nov. 1.

The Federal Government has been shut down, and paychecks and other benefits have been halted for many federal employees since Oct. 1. According to the White House’s website, Texas has around 218,000 federal workers who make up about 1.6% of the state workforce.

“Food banks are seeing a wave of new faces and families who’ve never needed emergency food assistance before,” Celia Cole, CEO of Feeding Texas, said. “We’re doing everything we can to meet the moment, but food banks were already seeing increased need due to rising food costs. Communities across Texas are feeling the pressure, and food banks need additional support to keep up with the growing demand.”

According to the most recent data from Feeding Texas, 19,280 Potter County residents receive SNAP benefits. In Randall County, 9,751 receive SNAP. Over 4,000 of those recipients are younger than five, and almost 10,000 are between the ages of five and seventeen. That means almost exactly half of Amarillo SNAP recipients are minors. Almost 3,000 are over the age of 65.

“The potential impact of delayed SNAP benefits will affect thousands in the Texas Panhandle,” Zack Wilson, Executive Director of High Plains Food Bank, said. “Over 13,000 households in the Texas Panhandle received food assistance last month, and we expect this number to increase in the coming weeks.”

Read more here: https://amarillotribune.org/2025/10/28/who-will-be-affected-by-snap-funding-running-out-in-potter-and-randall-counties-mostly-kids/