On a Thursday evening in early October, the multi-purpose room at Delaware Valley University in Doylestown, Pa., was transformed from a large, empty room into a low-tech factory with dozens of production lines. Over the next four days, more than 3,000 volunteers working in small teams over two-hour shifts scooped,…
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Before the pandemic, Laguna Food Pantry in Calif., distributed food through a “charming” grocery-store-style pantry where clients could pick and choose the food they wanted, said Executive Director Anne Belyea. Then the pandemic hit, and it adopted the approach of many pantries in switching to a drive-through distribution with pre-packaged…
It was hard not to be inspired when no less of an influencer than President Joe Biden said, “I really do know we can do this – end hunger in this country by the year 2030.” The President’s ambition met the energy of the crowd at the White House’s much-anticipated…
In only three months, an initiative by Wash.-based Coastal Harvest to deliver culturally appropriate food to Mexican and indigenous Central American communities grew from 25 to 600 boxes a month. Started in February, the program initially sought to serve the clientele of a single nonprofit supporting Latinos and indigenous people…
The White House today released its national strategy for ending hunger and increasing healthy eating by 2030, one day ahead of its historic convening on hunger, nutrition and health. Here are ten things – relevant to the hunger-relief sector – that caught our eye. The Administration is embracing school meals.…
A yearly pay increase of 3%, a floating holiday, and a boot stipend for warehouse workers are among the benefits that employees of San Francisco-Marin Food Bank have gained since they’ve unionized. The food bank became the one of the few in the country to recognize a union in late…
Laura Choate was just 11 years old when she was kicked out of her family home for coming out. At times in her youth, she had to eat out of garbage cans and beg for food. So it isn’t hard for her now, as the food pantry director at the…
Feeding America’s report to inform the upcoming White House Conference, released today, comes exactly one month after another influential group known as the Task Force on Hunger, Nutrition and Health, released its own report. Both reports are aligned along certain high-level policy recommendations, including expanding SNAP so that benefit levels…
With rising inflation, supply chain issues, and declining federal aid putting intense pressure on hunger relief organizations, a growing number of them are strategizing about ways to keep the food flowing amidst heightened demand. From large food banks to small pantries, hunger relief experts are reporting a “perfect storm” of…