Check out our Q&A with Food Security Policy Manager Christine Woody below. Congratulations on 20 years with Empower Missouri, Christine! How did you first hear about Empower Missouri, and what inspired you to get involved? In 2002, I was volunteering with an organization in St. Louis called Let’s Start, a non-profit support process for women...Read More

The 2026 Missouri Legislative Session ended with drama – this time in a good way. Three key policies entered the final week as almost-passed…but not quite. Clean Slate, land banks improvements, and Food is Medicine legislation were all passed by at least one chamber by the end of April but had not yet fully cleared...Read More