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…
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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…
Teresa White’s mission of getting nutritious meals to unhoused individuals has taken about three years, lots of experimentation, and countless conversations, including with a NASA chef. Now, Dare to Care Food Bank – where White (also known as Chef T) serves as Executive Chef – is ready to pioneer an…
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…
For food banks seeking new pathways to raise much-needed funds, Scott Hutchings has a suggestion – ask your donors to check their sock drawers. Hutchings estimates Americans are holding on to more than $25 billion in foreign currency carried home from trips to foreign countries – currency that’s worthless to…
As food banks continue to innovate in their mission to nourish communities and support those facing food insecurity, digital food cards by iQpay are a valuable new tool. Why Digital Food Cards? Digital food cards, distributed via text or email, allow clients to purchase grocery and produce items at participating…
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…
What if you could tell your donors that your efforts in food rescue removed the same amount of greenhouse gas as emitted annually by 900 cars? Or restored the same amount of carbon as 63,000 tree seedlings grown for a decade? Six food banks in Mexico and Ecuador are in…
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…