GUEST POST BY STACEY CRNICH OF GOODROOTS NORTHWEST – When GoodRoots Northwest, formerly the Bonney Lake Food Bank, quietly closed the doors of its client-choice pantry, it wasn’t a sign of failure. It was a declaration of strategy and a replicable model for success. Our Pierce County, Wash.-based organization made…
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As new work requirements for SNAP lurch into effect across the country, food banks and pantries are doing what they can to ease the blow. The timing of the new rules varies by state, but the upshot is that millions more Americans who previously qualified for SNAP will have to…
A framework for hunger relief pioneered in Canada is slowly making its way into the United States. Gather, a Portsmouth, N.H.-based nonprofit founded in 1816 to support the families of fishermen, has become only the second organization in the U.S. to adopt Canada’s Community Food Center model, which uses a…
After only one year of having a nutrition policy, Ferndale Food Bank of Washington state can’t imagine operating without one. Getting a nutrition policy in place went hand in hand with maturing from a very small operation into one that now serves nearly 300 people a week. As demand grew,…
The Greater Boston Food Bank has always seen itself as a trailblazer in prioritizing health and nutrition in food banking. It was among the earliest, if not the first, to have a physician on staff, to have registered dietitians, and to have a nutrition policy. A recently announced four-year, $4…
Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma was known years ago for having the first production kitchen in the Feeding America network. “We had the first, but we were way behind in what we were doing with it,” noted Jeff Marlow, Chief Executive Officer. That’s no longer the case, with a recent…
GUEST OPINION BY AMY QAZI OF SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE – Food insecurity is closely tied to chronic disease, and healthcare systems across the country are increasingly integrating social drivers of health screening into clinical care. However, screening alone is not enough. Healthcare providers must also have…
Vinnie Oakes used to order produce by the case. Now he buys it by the truckload. That is just one of the differences Oakes encountered when he moved from a long career in restaurant and casino hospitality to Reno-based Food Bank of Northern Nevada, where he has served as Director…
Many people working in hunger relief lament the difficulty of eliminating hunger, a problem that seems like it should be easily resolved, given the world of plenty that we live in. But few respond by taking on a global research project involving travel to more than 90 organizations in 24…