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…
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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…
Two years in the making, Second Harvest Inland Northwest recently unveiled an initiative aimed at sourcing way more food, while ensuring absolutely none of it goes to waste. The name of the program underscores its goal: Zilch, as in zero waste. The two-part program involves getting more food into the…
There are a lot of ways for food banks to get into Food is Medicine. For Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County, the pathway to Food is Medicine involved CEO Erica Padilla-Chavez’s long background in health and human services; a deep dive into community-building during the pandemic, and a…