The Global FoodBanking Network may have less reach than the Feeding America network, but many of its members are making strides in using technology, distributing nutritious food, and quantifying the impact of their work as it relates to climate change. https://lnkd.in/es_js4DA
Food Bank News
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Ending hunger by advancing best practices in hunger relief.
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Food Bank News is the first and only publication to acknowledge the critical role that food banks play in the health and well-being of millions of people living in the United States. We believe that hunger can and should be eliminated, and that better flow of information, ideas and best practices between members of the hunger-relief community will help reach that goal. Our mission is to create a community where those working in the charitable food system can gain access to news, information and resources to help them achieve the goal of eliminating hunger. By promoting conversation and information exchange about best practices in the charitable food banking system via an independent, national news source, Food Bank News aims to generate more effective and lasting solutions to hunger.
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When Dave Krepcho was the CEO of Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida, he and his friends in food banking across the country would often reflect on the massive impact of the food banking movement over the years and the need to document it. “Somebody should write a book!” they said. That somebody turned out to be Krepcho, who turned to the project once he retired at the end of 2021, after 34 years in food banking. Check out our Q&A of Krepcho's inspiring and informative book here: https://lnkd.in/euphUVfU
Book Review: Former CEO Honors, Reflects on Food Banking - Food Bank News
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When people think of #FoodisMedicine, they typically think about getting patients medically tailored meals. Really, they should be getting patients signed up for SNAP, the nation's largest food assistance program. Food Research & Action Center https://lnkd.in/gmMDhBGP
Does ‘Food is Medicine’ Equal More SNAP? - Food Bank News
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Second Harvest Inland Northwest is rescuing multiple additional truckloads of food every week, thanks to a new program it developed called Zilch, as in zero waste. https://lnkd.in/eBSw7-c2
Zilch Program Seeks to Zero Out Food Waste - Food Bank News
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The USDA's Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) supplies about 30% of food banking's food supply, yet the program requires the collection of some personal data from clients. That data requirement doesn't sit well with some food banks. West Side Campaign Against Hunger, Northwest Harvest, Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin https://lnkd.in/eVeDx_GH
TEFAP: Why Some Food Banks Say, ‘No Thanks’ - Food Bank News
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Food Bank News reposted this
In a recent Food Bank News article, WSCAH CEO, Gregory Silverman Silverman, and Chief Program Officer, Alyson Rosenthal, expressed the continued push by front line providers to advocate for dignity in all our efforts including via our federal food programs, namely the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP). Since the government requires anyone who receives TEFAP food to declare their income, some food providers, including WSCAH, are not accepting food from TEFAP. Greg emphasized, “We say that having to attest once a year that you’re living in poverty is one time too many, that’s not dignity.” Alyson added, “It’s against our value set to create barriers to food. The attestation of income is just not how we want to run our community focused food efforts. So, until these rules get changed, we are no longer accepting TEFAP and that’s not part of our programming.” Check out the article here: https://lnkd.in/eVeDx_GH
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Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County is one of a small number of food banks getting paid by an insurer to distribute healthy food to patient populations. Here's how it got there: https://lnkd.in/eeWMin37 #FoodisMedicine
A Calif. Food Bank’s Entry into Food is Medicine - Food Bank News
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It's fair to say that about 100 billion pounds of food is wasted every year in America. Feeding America would like to rescue an additional one billion pounds of that, on top of the four billion it already does. Here's how it plans to do it: Divert https://lnkd.in/ed_AbiGd
How Feeding America Will Rescue One Billion More Pounds of Food - Food Bank News
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Food Bank News was on site when The Food Brigade Inc. cut the ribbon on its newest facility, which includes a warehouse, a grocery-store-style food pantry and a resource room to help guests obtain benefits and other social services. As Executive Director Carmine DeMarco put it, "We're no longer in the business of distributing food, we're in the business of customer service."
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More food pantries are starting to recommit to in-person, client-choice markets as the transactional nature of grab-n-go distributions, popular during the pandemic, starts to wear thin. https://lnkd.in/e7sejM3v
Pantries Start to Recommit to Client Choice - Food Bank News
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