It’s fair to say that most food banks generally appreciate the Emergency Food Assistance Program. It’s the only federal nutrition program specifically geared toward food banks, providing them with a wide variety of fresh, frozen and canned foods. Most of the food is healthy, and all of it comes from…
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There are lots of reasons for food banks to have farms, and most of them don’t have to do primarily with distributing food. That’s the case at Mid-Ohio Food Collective, which is building a farm of the future consisting of high-tech growing spaces and learning facilities. Spanning seven acres in…
Estimates of how much food is wasted annually in America vary widely, but 100 billion pounds is a nice round number that sums up the situation pretty well. Feeding America would like to see more of that 100 billion pounds go toward addressing food insecurity. To that end, it just…
At higher education institutions, innovation often happens beyond the classroom, and that’s especially true when it comes to college food pantries. Because of the mostly young demographic being served, high-tech practices like online ordering and scheduled pickups are practically a given at college pantries. College pantries are also leading the…
Like many food pantries, Interfaith Food Pantry Network of Morris Plains, N.J., turned to drive-through distribution during the pandemic. While the drive-throughs were efficient, the pantry’s interactions with clients started to feel hollow to Carolyn Lake, Executive Director. Some clients tried to convey their food preferences as they rolled on…
Two things about Food is Medicine became apparent at the Anti Hunger Policy Conference in D.C. earlier this month – 1) it takes a lot of time-consuming trial and error to stand up a Food is Medicine initiative and 2) the time to get started in Food is Medicine is…
Feeding Tampa Bay’s new $60 million facility has all the things a food bank needs to be able to meet increasing demand for food – like excess capacity in its dry warehouse, extra dock doors, and additional flooring around its cooler and freezer for possible expansion. Despite all its preparations…
There was a good amount of whiz-bang technology on display at the Food is Medicine Summit in Chicago this week. Sifter took the stage early on to demonstrate its digital shopping platform. Savor Health followed to talk about AI-powered nutrition assistance. It was enough to make one wonder how nonprofit…
The Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina has more experience than most food banks when it comes to Food is Medicine. For a few years now, it has been working with state health care providers to serve patients in need of healthy food. Currently, it’s delivering food and/or…