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Offbeat Food-Distribution Sites Gain Hold

Food banks are getting increasingly creative about where they put new distribution outlets. In a bid to expand their reach, especially into underserved areas, food banks are making use of farms, libraries, county clerk offices, shopping malls, and even horse racetracks as food distribution points.  This attempt to meet people…

Summer Food Drives Can Pack a Punch

While some food banks have downplayed traditional food drives in recent years, others have found that a combination of engagement, community, and collaboration has made their traditional food drives incredibly successful. Gleaners Community Food Bank, which serves five counties in southeast Michigan, hosts a trio of food drives each summer.…

Where Global Food Banks Excel 

The Global FoodBanking Network may have less reach than the Feeding America network. But its members face challenges that have caused some to start to pull even with their U.S. counterparts along certain measures.  Data from 54 GFN members, most of which operate in emerging or developing countries, show that…