The kitchens across the country are often busy with volunteers making meals for a variety of occasions. In most cases, there are no problems with the preparation and serving of the food. However, sometimes safety and cooking procedures are overlooked, and the results can be deadly. In fact, the CDC estimates that…
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When Hurricane Florence hit North Carolina three years ago, the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina realized it wasn’t as prepared to serve the Latino community as it should have been. “We rushed to say, ‘Here’s everything that we have,’ but that relationship wasn’t quite there,” said Jessica…
SNAP is already known to be effective at achieving its goals of reducing food insecurity and poverty. Now, new research suggests that the program is also bringing down healthcare costs — reducing Medicaid fees by as much as $2,360 per person. The new study, published in the Annals of Internal…
Food banks often do more than basic food distribution by offering programs that help people gain a foothold out of poverty. Workforce training, financial literacy classes and access to benefits all fall within this category. Now, San Antonio Food Bank is expanding even further the definition of what a food…
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…
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…