WASHINGTON D.C. – If you’re thinking about ways to get into Food is Medicine, you might consider reaching out to your state’s primary care association as a first step. Every state and territory in the country has an association of primary care providers, according to Patricia Quinn, Vice President of…
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With proposed cuts to SNAP of $230 billion over the next ten years looming, the Food Research and Action Center yesterday lined up speakers who put forth several powerful arguments against the measure, highlighting its potential impact on children and the economy. The proposed cuts, which would be the largest…
Central California Food Bank is taking a “quality over quantity” approach to its First Fruits Market, a free grocery store it opened in September 2023 in downtown Fresno. Located on a campus with other nonprofit and service-based organizations, the market serves about 250 families on each of the three days…
Food banks play an essential role in the U.S. food system as aggregators of value. Like a wholesaler or regional distribution center for a retailer, the food bank orchestrates bulk inputs to hunger relief, breaks bulk, and redistributes that value in right-sized quantities to and through their affiliated agencies. The…
WASHINGTON D.C. – At a time when Congress is contemplating cuts to SNAP benefits of up to 20%, a panel of food policy experts meeting last week found reasons to be hopeful that bipartisan collaboration could bolster other aspects of federal food assistance. The panel, speaking at the Consumer Federation…
For a food bank or pantry, getting into Food is Medicine often raises more questions than answers. Should an organization embrace produce prescriptions, healthy food boxes, or medically tailored meals, to name a few options? What is the best way to work with the managed care organizations that pay for…
Food Helpers, a Pa.-based hunger relief organization, has added an extra dimension to its school snack program through an online character known as LittleMoochi. LittleMoochi is a downloadable app that encourages kids to pay attention to the nutritional content of their food. Through the app, kids “adopt” a LittleMoochi character,…
Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central Indiana is expanding a multi-pronged program it developed that aims to lift people out of poverty. A three-year strategic plan, to be initiated this year, will expand the poverty-fighting program into each area of the food bank’s eight-county footprint, one county at a…
Every year, vast quantities of nutritious produce go to waste, even as food insecurity continues to rise. What if this unwanted produce could instead be transformed into shelf-stable meals that nourish food-insecure communities, support regional farmers, and help the planet? Anna Hammond asked this question – and then created an…