GUEST OPINION BY BRIAN GREENE, CEO OF HOUSTON FOOD BANK – In the early days of the Feeding America network, the prevalent thought was that if we just distributed enough food, we would end hunger in America. We were wrong. The network long ago reached the amount of distribution that…
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NOVEMBER 17, 2020 — Most years, I read the news about the Nobel Peace Prize as many Americans might: with a vague sense of pride by association if the winners are from the U.S. But recently, I was overcome with excitement at the announcement that the World Food Programme (WFP)…
APRIL 22, 2020 — Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, normal wasn’t so great for the working poor in America. Despite a 10-year recovery, 12 percent of the nation remained food insecure in 2018. The state of affairs was so economically unsustainable that food banks doubled their distribution from 2009 to 2019, to…