Restaurants generate millions of tons of surplus food every year, yet less than 1% of that food is ever donated, according to ReFED. A new tool from Food Rescue US, a national nonprofit, is addressing this issue by making it easier for restaurants to donate excess food to food banks,…
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Capital Area Food Bank is one of only a handful of hunger relief organizations to issue a comprehensive report on food insecurity rates in its region, but President and CEO Radha Muthiah says the effort and investment are well worth it. “There’s no question,” she said in an interview following…
Food banks working in Food is Medicine often note the challenges of working with the healthcare industry, and vice versa. One step toward bridging that gap came earlier this month when Feeding America and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics announced a standard to describe medically tailored groceries. The standard…
Protein sourcer HATCH for Hunger announced on Thursday that it would invest $750,000 in Fresh Connect Central as a way to get more meat protein into the charitable food system. The investment will bring new capabilities to Fresh Connect Central’s protein repackaging room, such as the ability to grind and…
GUEST POST FROM MATT KING, CEO OF HUNGER TASK FORCE – Every food bank knows the challenge. When school lets out for summer, one of the nation’s most effective anti-hunger programs temporarily disappears from children’s daily routines. Families that rely on school breakfast and lunch programs suddenly face additional food…
The results of a massive study released this month by Feeding America found that food banks working with healthcare positively impacted health outcomes in their communities, underscoring food banks’ integral role in the still-evolving landscape of Food as Medicine. The 21 food banks participating in the Food As Medicine 3.0…
Creating a nutrition policy is one thing; keeping it going is another. It may be no surprise that nutrition policies are at risk of withering without across-the-board buy-in and regular nurturing. The Community Food Bank of New Jersey has worked to guard against that hazard, helping to keep its nutrition…
GUEST POST FROM ANDREA WILLIAMS, PRESIDENT OF OREGON FOOD BANK – My great-grandmother Francisca grew food her entire life. However, at times, even she didn’t have enough to eat. I have thought about that contradiction for as long as I can remember. A woman whose hands fed others went to…
As a professor, John Lowrey has spent years studying how food donations move from grocery stores to food banks, and he thinks he has found a way to increase that volume. He developed an app called FoodALERT, designed to make it easier for food banks and retail grocers to communicate…