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Who Are Food Banking’s Next Leaders?

Food banking is a bit of an odd duck of the nonprofit world.  It involves all the fundraising and programming of most nonprofits, but also encompasses a heavy-duty operational aspect  – with warehouses, trucks, inventories, and distribution points to manage. “It’s logistics with a mission,” said Brian Greene, CEO of…

What Will Happen to SNAP?

As is the case when any new administration comes into office, changes to existing government programs can be expected. To those working in hunger relief, the future of the Farm Bill is of particular importance since it governs SNAP, the federal nutrition program that gets food to more than 42…

What the People Say

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. At least 90% or more of respondents to the national survey…

Where Global Food Banks Excel 

The Global FoodBanking Network may have less reach than the Feeding America network. But its members face challenges that have caused some to start to pull even with their U.S. counterparts along certain measures.  Data from 54 GFN members, most of which operate in emerging or developing countries, show that…