Food Bank News - Advancing Best Practices in Hunger Relief
Our latest look at the top 300 food banks by revenue shows that 1) the very biggest food banks are getting bigger, and 2) most food banks are relatively small. As in years past, two food banks that operate outside of the Feeding America network emerged as the largest food…
CEO Roundtable: What the Election Means for Hunger Relief
4 days ago · Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana, for example, has identified its “superpower” as acquiring food on a massive scale, said CEO Fred Glass. That capability, along with its central location, supports its operation of a food-distribution facility, Fresh Connect Central, which serves Gleaners’ 300 pantries, as well as about 100 food banks in 38 ...
Oregon Food Bank pursues Food for All Oregonians bill
20 hours ago · Photo Courtesy Oregon Food Bank The fourth meeting, which was held in October, focused on educating the public about the Food for All Oregonians campaign. The campaign arose in response to inequalities that Oregon Food Bank staff noticed were heightened during the coronavirus pandemic and seeks to ensure food security for all residents of the ...
In key swing states, the lines at food banks are growing longer - NBC News
Oct 26, 2024 · Across the rural communities and industrial towns of western Michigan, semitrucks hauling thousands of pounds of food are pulling up to church parking lots and community centers where growing...
The Atlanta Community Food Bank Announces $5 Million …
2 days ago · Demand for food assistance has grown 60% over the last two years. The Food Bank is currently serving approximately 240,000 households a month, representing more than 11% of the population.
Tarrant Area Food Bank gets help from Amazon to deliver meals …
2 days ago · The Brief. Retail giant Amazon is partnering with the Tarrant Area Food Bank to expand its home delivery program. TAFB CEO Julie Butner says they began the program in 2022 to help people in need ...
Food banks, pantries gather donations ahead of Thanksgiving
1 day ago · NEW YORK – With a 2000s-era Ne-Yo R&B song ringing through speakers, volunteers swept floors and washed dishes at Brooklyn's CHiPS food pantry one recent afternoon. The midday lunch rush had ...
What is the Food Bank of Larimer County Food Rescue Program | 9news.com
1 day ago · The food rescue program picks up about 3.2 million pounds of food every year, the Food Bank of Larimer County said. Only 2-4% of the food is thrown away and most of that is used as compost or ...
What the People Say - Food Bank News
Sep 21, 2024 · Feeding children, making SNAP easier to access, and promoting food as medicine all bubbled up as high priorities for nearly 1,500 adults with lived experience of food insecurity who responded to a Feeding America survey, released earlier this month.
US food insecurity: The rising cost of living makes it hard for …
May 4, 2024 · About 75% of food banks reported seeing an increase in the number of people served in February compared to a year earlier, according to a recent survey from Feeding America, a national network...