Without input from the community, the renovation of Akron-Canton Regional Food Bank’s main warehouse, unveiled last week, probably would have turned out a little differently. In improving the warehouse, the food bank employed the same strategy it had when it constructed a brand new warehouse in another location in 2021.…
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Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana has joined the growing number of food banks that are lifting pay, ensuring everyone in the organization is earning a living wage. Gleaners announced in May that it has been certified as providing a minimum starting wage of at least $18 an hour, the designated…
When Eloise’s Cooking Pot started a program to purchase produce from local BIPOC farmers and producers, it didn’t take long to identify a slew of challenges in those working relationships. While the farms produced food that was unparalleled in quality and rich in cultural relevance, they often struggled with practices…
Beyond Hunger in Chicago has become the first food pantry in the nation to take part in the Good Food Purchasing Program, an initiative that prioritizes values over low cost when making food purchases. The premise behind the program is that an entire ecosystem exists behind the food that communities…
Equity can be an abstract idea, but California’s Alameda County Community Food Bank has found a concrete way to put it into practice. The process began some two-and-a-half years ago, amid the pandemic and the start of a nationwide racial reckoning, when the food bank began examining how it could…
At a time when many food banks were scrambling to add extra warehouse space to meet the demands of the pandemic, Food Lifeline in Seattle found itself with an unexpected gift: lots and lots of extra warehouse space. A tenant had moved out, leaving behind 80,000 square feet of space…
When it comes to targeting hunger, Maine’s Good Shepherd Food Bank has found a hyper-local approach can be hyper-effective. The food bank recently announced a $100,000 investment to close the meal gap in one of the state’s larger counties by putting those who live in the county in charge of…
In only three months, an initiative by Wash.-based Coastal Harvest to deliver culturally appropriate food to Mexican and indigenous Central American communities grew from 25 to 600 boxes a month. Started in February, the program initially sought to serve the clientele of a single nonprofit supporting Latinos and indigenous people…
A yearly pay increase of 3%, a floating holiday, and a boot stipend for warehouse workers are among the benefits that employees of San Francisco-Marin Food Bank have gained since they’ve unionized. The food bank became the one of the few in the country to recognize a union in late…