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For all the talk about how important food is to health, it can be surprisingly difficult to get healthcare providers to refer patients to sources of healthy food. Island Harvest Food Bank has found a way around that issue by embedding its own dieticians in area hospitals and clinics. The…
Food drives sometimes get maligned for being more trouble than they’re worth, but that’s not the case with a grassroots effort to engage the legal community in raising food and funds. Known as Food from the Bar, the national grassroots campaign taps the energy and talent of local law firms,…
When Daily Bread Food Pantry in Danbury, Conn., relocated earlier this year to a new space ten times its original size, President Peter Kent suddenly had a huge need to get the pantry’s 370 volunteers up to speed on a host of new protocols. In addition to expanding its days…
Under the Trump administration’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” new funding for SNAP-Ed will be officially snuffed out by Sept. 30, causing food banks with related programs to rethink how they talk to clients about nutrition. As recently as 2022, the USDA had positioned the 33-year-old SNAP-Ed program as a key mechanism…
Many food pantries are familiar with the concept of referring their clients to other nonprofits that can help meet needs beyond food. Brochures, business cards and flyers are among the mechanisms used to execute referrals, even though these methods often fall short in ensuring that clients actually follow through. More…
After seeing clients brace sweltering heat, limited access to bathrooms, and other physical challenges while waiting on pantry lines, The Campaign Against Hunger knew it had to step in. Just before the pandemic hit, the Brooklyn-based hunger relief agency began investigating ways to deliver groceries directly to the doorsteps of…
Among the many benefits of House of Hope’s new food preservation program is a way to create and sell packaged food products, yielding a small revenue stream to support the non-profit’s other programs. The idea of engaging in activity that supports the overall mission of hunger relief, while also allowing…
When the Food Bank of Alaska won a $1.5 million state grant to distribute food to its partner agencies and affiliate food banks, the pressure was on. Awarded in late January, the terms of the grant had to be completed swiftly – by June 30, 2025. The food bank needed…