Not many food banks actively promote nutrition incentive programs that make fresh produce more accessible to low-income families. But the ones that do are seeing results that go well beyond increased produce consumption in their communities. These “Double Up Food Bucks” programs, which originated at farmers markets over 15 years…
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Second Harvest Heartland is prepared to greatly increase the amount of meat it can accept and distribute, thanks to a temperature-controlled clean room it opened this summer. The cold clean room lets the food bank accept larger quantities of bulk meat donations by ensuring the safety and hygiene of the…
Home deliveries are among the most labor-intensive, challenging services that a food bank could provide. During the pandemic, many food banks stepped up to the challenge as a way to expand access to food. Now they are working to keep home deliveries going. Aside from the logistics of managing drivers,…
Food equity often has to do with eliminating barriers in how people gain access to food. For Emily Brown, food equity also means addressing food allergies. About 32 million people in the United States have food allergies. Two of those are Brown’s daughters, who were diagnosed with multiple food allergies…
If your food bank is looking to have an impact on college hunger, then it needs to get to know Rachel Sumekh and the organization she founded, Swipe Out Hunger. Swipe Out Hunger has been a presence on college campuses for over a decade, mostly known for its program that…
Welcome to the Food Bank News list of the largest 300 food banks in America, by revenue. We’ve compiled this resource as a way to better understand the organizations that have become so critical to fighting food insecurity across the country. From a single organization formed about 50 years ago,…
Our Tableau-driven dashboard of the largest 300 food banks in America is interactive and searchable, while offering many different perspectives of the data. By introducing the dashboard, we hope to advance the collective knowledge and understanding of the players working to solve food insecurity in America.
Everyone has a story about what they did during the pandemic. Rich Cumming’s includes the closing of his events business, followed by his introduction of a technology platform designed to connect all the players involved in getting food to those who need it, within a local area. At the pandemic’s…
Second Harvest Heartland of Minnesota announced last week that it would invest $13.2 million into smoothing out racial disparities in the way it distributes food, partly by making food more accessible and appealing to communities of color. The commitment, which will roll out over five years, covers a wide breadth…