Feeding America last month published its twelfth annual Map the Meal Gap report, revealing the entrenched nature of food insecurity in the nation’s hardest-hit counties, as well as large disparities between racial and ethnic groups when it comes to food insecurity. Breaking down food insecurity levels by county and then…
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When Susannah Morgan started working in hunger relief 26 years ago, she believed that getting more food to more people was the answer to eliminating hunger. Now she understands the problem of hunger differently – and it’s changing everything about the way she approaches her job as CEO of Oregon…
These days, it is hard to find a food bank that is not making adjustments to pay or thinking about it, especially for lower-wage workers. Food banks across the country and in Canada report undertaking compensation studies and/or instituting wage increases to ensure employees are getting fair pay and can…
When it comes to countering stigma, it’s the little things that matter. Food banks and pantries are striving to convey greater respect to clients as a way to combat the stigma that either prevents people from getting food in the first place or makes them feel bad while they do.…
Building off the success of a pilot, Food Bank of the Rockies is increasing its commitment to providing culturally relevant food to ethnic groups. Its Culturally Responsive Food Initiative, started in August 2020 as a pilot in eight counties, is now expanding to include all 53 counties in the food…
The Greater Chicago Food Depository has not been the same ever since CEO Kate Maehr took to heart the inequities revealed by Covid-19. Her visceral reaction to the pandemic’s impact – she has described realizing the depth of inequity between neighborhoods as a slap in the face – has resulted…
By the time a new food program to serve Indigenous populations in Wisconsin wraps up at the end of this month, it will have distributed more than 10,000 food boxes to Tribal Elders throughout the state. For the hunger-relief organizations involved, it also will have provided a new perspective on…
When Hurricane Florence hit North Carolina three years ago, the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina realized it wasn’t as prepared to serve the Latino community as it should have been. “We rushed to say, ‘Here’s everything that we have,’ but that relationship wasn’t quite there,” said Jessica…
Food equity often has to do with eliminating barriers in how people gain access to food. For Emily Brown, food equity also means addressing food allergies. About 32 million people in the United States have food allergies. Two of those are Brown’s daughters, who were diagnosed with multiple food allergies…