An effort started by the Tarrant Area Food Bank to increase the amount of produce it distributes has resulted in an unusual three-way partnership, with the potential to benefit other food banks. The Fort Worth, Tex.-based food bank is making it possible for food banks in its region to go…
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Less than a year after Hurricane Helene devastated portions of its service area in September 2024, MANNA FoodBank initiated a three-pronged approach to revitalizing its local food systems – supporting area growers, strengthening partner capacity, and – in a more unusual move – building community hubs. Its Essential Foods Program…
Vermont Foodbank is getting more strategic in how it grants funds to partner agencies. During the Covid years, it was like many food banks in channeling money to pantries for a broad range of capacity-building projects to help meet increased demand. Now it is getting more focused in its competitive…
A hurricane wrapped in a pandemic is a fair way to describe the daunting challenge facing food banks as they confront the unfolding disaster of unfunded SNAP benefits. As with hurricanes and Covid, the SNAP disaster loomed in the distance before it became reality, with the possibility that it could…
Among the many benefits of House of Hope’s new food preservation program is a way to create and sell packaged food products, yielding a small revenue stream to support the non-profit’s other programs. The idea of engaging in activity that supports the overall mission of hunger relief, while also allowing…
The ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’ signed into law on July 4, is landing with a thud among food bank leaders who fear aggressive cuts to SNAP and Medicaid will put more pressure on the hunger relief system. Provisions in the law put more than five million people at risk…
Houston Food Bank has found an unconventional way to improve the experiences of pantry clients by tapping mystery shoppers, a tactic typically used in retail. With its Neighbor Experience Initiative, the food bank deployed mystery shoppers to report back on their in-person interactions at several pantries. Through the lens of…
Many people may know DC Central Kitchen as the inspiration for world-renowned chef José Andrés’ global version of the same concept, World Central Kitchen. But the DC-based outfit also stands out for its innovative, on-the-ground hunger relief efforts, particularly its Healthy Corners initiative, which utilizes urban corner stores as distribution…
Mid-Ohio Food Collective is no stranger to the community service model of food banking, which pairs a broad range of social services alongside food distribution. In fact, the food bank helped pioneer the concept with its Mid-Ohio Markets – eight of them so far – that combine free grocery markets…