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WEBCalif. Food Bank Invests $4M+ in Food Justice. August 28, 2024. It’s one thing for a food bank to say it’s going to get involved in the food justice movement. It’s another to actually do it. Alameda County Community Food Bank made a definitive move into food justice when it agreed to invest between $2 million and $2.5 million per year….
How Pantries are Gaining Power - Food Bank News
WEBFeb 28, 2024 · Like MEND, The Food Pantries for the Capital District in upstate New York began decades ago by convening a small group of pantries. Now the group supports about 70 pantries by raising funds, purchasing and delivering food, and fostering collaboration, service coordination and education. In 2020, Executive …
USDA Farm to Food Bank Program Grows Roots
WEBMay 3, 2024 · By all accounts, a program that the USDA introduced in late 2021 to help local farmers grow nutritious food for underserved communities has worked out exceedingly well (Food Bank News first wrote about it here.). The Local Food Purchase Assistance program has resulted in nearly $700 million of funds going to farmers and ranchers nationwide, helping to get food to people who need it and ...
Big Ambitions for Feeding America’s MealConnect Food Rescue App
WEBJune 28, 2023. In 2019, when Food Bank News first reported on Feeding America’s MealConnect, the app was being used by 22 food banks and had helped rescue 1.5 billion pounds of food over five years. Now, virtually all of Feeding America’s 200 food banks are using the app, and it helped rescue 1.2 billion pounds in 2022 alone.
Food Banks Tackle Inequity in Food Access - Food Bank News
WEBApr 14, 2021 · In addition to its fund, Good Shepherd, the largest food bank in Maine with 2019 revenues of $58 million, according to Food Bank News’ listing of the largest 100 food banks, will start buying foods such as cassava leaves, salted fish, palm oil and a wider variety of rice now that it better understands what the community eats.
A Human Rights View of Food Banking - Food Bank News
WEBOct 10, 2023 · A Human Rights View of Food Banking. In a zoom meeting last week, three human rights groups offered their perspective on the charitable food banking system and its impact on the world’s food-insecure population. Citing a data point that is likely familiar to anyone working in hunger relief, the groups noted that food insecurity continues to ...
About Food Banks - Food Bank News
WEBJust over 50 years ago, there was no such thing as a food bank. There were soup kitchens and food pantries, operating on shoestring budgets out of church basements and community centers. They served as stopgap solutions for hungry people, and mostly only in emergencies. The modern-day food bank came about in 1967, when a volunteer in a Phoenix-area soup…
Our Mission - Food Bank News
WEBFood Bank News is the first and only publication to acknowledge the critical role that food banks and related agencies play in the wellness and livelihood of millions of people living in the United States. We understand that what started as a side project for a single volunteer has now become a permanent layer in the nation’s food supply system. We get that food banks need to operate at a ...
About - Food Bank News
WEBJust over 50 years ago, there was no such thing as a food bank. Soup kitchens and food pantries, operating on shoestring budgets out of church basements and community centers, served as stopgap solutions for the hungry, and mostly only in emergencies. The modern-day food bank came about in 1967, when a volunteer in a …
By the Numbers - Food Bank News
WEBThe number of people living in poverty remains high, exacerbated by a stubbornly low minimum wage rate, among other issues. This dynamic has led to the emergence of a segment of society known as the food-insecure, who regularly turn to food banks and related organizations to help make ends meet. There is also a supply side at work.
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