Schools, nonprofits try to keep WV kids fed this summer amid grocery price hikes, welfare changes

By: Amelia Ferrell Knisely

Outlets: West Virginia Watch

Published: June 15, 2026

Words: 1,207

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago

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The air in the school gym smelled like homemade biscuits.

Kanawha County Schools cook Marsha Burns spent the morning at Elk Center Elementary in Charleston, West Virginia, making biscuits with a new white wheat flour produced in West Virginia. She added a crispy sausage patty from a local meat supplier.

Later, dozens of children rushed into the kitchen to fill up their trays with breakfast food through a free summer program provided through the county …

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