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Food Security

Jesse Seaver | Posted 05.20.2012

Jesse Seaver

When we're hungry, we expect to eat. In fact, we expect to be able to eat whatever we want. Eating when we are hungry -- or, as many of us like to say, when we are "starving" -- is easily taken for granted.

South Beach Wine & Food Festival: What Happens to the Leftovers?

Trina Sargalski | Posted 05.02.2012

Trina Sargalski

After the South Beach Wine & Food Festival wraps up and folks stumble on home, the tents are put away. Party-goers face the work week and their impending juice diets. I wondered, "What happens to the leftovers?"

Food Delivery Program Offers Foodie Treats, Fights Child Hunger

Posted 01.31.2012

Donating your time to ending child hunger might seem like a big task, but one organization ensures it can be a piece of cake. Or a truffle, or an ...

Pretzel Company Gives Away 1,500 Salty Snacks A Week To Homeless

The Tigard Times | Posted 01.03.2012

Two embarrassing truths are at war with each other in our country right now. On one hand, we’re informed, 14 billion pounds of food are sent to U.S....

Walmart Saves Good Food From Being Wasted

Posted 08.27.2011

Last year, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. pledged $2 billion in food and aid over the next five years. The company's donations will benefit Feeding America foo...

Laura Bassett

As Food Demand Rises, Salvation Army Donations Drop

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 05.25.2011

Due to high numbers of unemployed and underemployed families, more people showed up at Salvation Army programs across the country looking for food in ...

Dispensary Offers Free Pot For Food Donations

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

SOQUEL, Calif. — A California medical marijuana dispensary has raked in food donations with a unique offer: free pot. The Granny Purps dispensary...

'Help Feed LA' Makes Donating Food Easy

Posted 05.25.2011

L.A. businesses can donate their surplus food more easily to those who need it, thanks to the Help Feed L.A. campaign, reports KPCC, NPR's affiliate i...

'Angel in Queens' Fed Over 70,000 New Yorkers in 5 Years

Huffington Post | Tam Vo | Posted 05.25.2011

Early this month, Anderson Cooper announced the 10 finalists for CNN's Hero of the Year, to be announced by Cooper on Thanksgiving Day. Impact feature...