Food Pantries

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.

Faith Groups Are A Detroit Lifeline

Matthew Bode | Posted 04.18.2012

Matthew Bode

What do you do with a clergy person at a development meeting? Or when planning new street art projects? Or building a board for a new non-profit?

"I Just Want a Job"

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 04.04.2012

Marian Wright Edelman

Anyone who thinks welfare recipients do nothing but sit around and cash their checks isn't familiar with the schedules of Tiffany and many others like her.

Restaurants May Be Able To Donate Leftovers To Hungry Without Liability

www.telegram.com | Posted 01.08.2012

As the economy continues to falter and the number of families seeking help at local food pantries increases, there is one possible solution gaining mo...

'World's Food Capital' Faces A Hunger Problem

West Des Moines, IA Patch | Beth Dalbey | Posted 12.20.2011

If hunger is an invisible problem in Iowa, blame it on people like Kim Olsem, a mother and a fighter, whose two jobs -- one working with the elderly, ...

Why Charities Don't Want Your Canned Goods

www.slate.com | Posted 12.08.2011

'Tis the season for food drives. It's a holiday tradition as storied as Christmas trees, awkward conversations with the in-laws, and embarrassing drun...

Urbandale, IA: Food Pantry Grows as Families Struggle

urbandale.patch.com | Posted 01.31.2012

"It's just neighbors helping neighbors. That's our philosophy."...

Niles, IL: Food Pantry Expects to Serve Record Number In November

niles.patch.com | Posted 01.28.2012

"It will be off the charts. ... I can't even imagine what it will be."...

Project Oatmeal Delivers 24,400 Meals to Brooklyn in Their Campaign to End Hunger

Anthony Papa | Posted 01.28.2012

Anthony Papa

This holiday season there will be tens of thousands that will be hungry. Maybe with the help of concerned New Yorkers the problem can be alleviated.

38,400 Pounds of Chicken Donated To Chicago-Area Food Pantries, Nonprofits

Northbrook Patch | Jennifer Fisher | Posted 11.22.2011

Just after dawn on Saturday morning, a dozen volunteers gathered at a vacant lot in Glenview wearing fleece jackets, winter hats and work gloves. At 7...

Food Pantries Ask For Healthier Food Donations This Christmas

AP | DINESH RAMDE | Posted 01.21.2012

MILWAUKEE — The season of giving has started, with schools, churches and businesses kicking off food drives that have become annual holiday trad...

Making a Difference: The World of Giving -- Hunger and Thankful Giving

Lisa M. Dietlin | Posted 01.16.2012

Lisa M. Dietlin

During this time of year, many local grocery stores as well as chains, offer the opportunity for shoppers to purchase a bag of food, a meal or to drop off a food item in a "food barrel".

Remember the Most Vulnerable in the Deficit Battles

Kate Maehr | Posted 09.05.2011

Kate Maehr

If the economy is showing tepid signs of recovery, we're seeing no indication at the hundreds of food pantries and shelters we serve daily. Record numbers of people are still in need of emergency food assistance -- many for the first time.

Billionaire Mayor Bloomberg Says, "Let Them Eat Geese"

Susan Yager | Posted 09.04.2011

Susan Yager

It's summer in the city, and that means weekends at the beach, walks in the park, and, for the third year in a row, the annual slaughter of Canada geese.

Food Banks Find New Ways To Fight Rising Costs, Including Charging For Produce

Posted 08.27.2011

Food banks around the country are implementing new policies to combat rising food costs and food shortages as more people are struggling to get enough...

Cuts to Emergency Funds Literally Push New Yorkers Out the Door

Gordon Campbell | Posted 07.20.2011

Gordon Campbell

Cutting funding to the ESFP and other safety net initiatives that may be the difference between life and death closes the door on those who suffer from the plagues of unemployment, homelessness and hunger.

Solving Hunger Requires More Than Just Food

Gordon Campbell | Posted 05.25.2011

Gordon Campbell

While many programs provide food to those in need, more comprehensive efforts with an emphasis on nutrition are required to establish healthy change in low income populations.

Hunger, Obesity and Innovation in the Emergency Food System

Nicole Skibola | Posted 05.25.2011

Nicole Skibola

Innovative partnerships like Healthy Options, Healthy Meals may just be the missing link that can change the way that the poorest in our country eat.

How To Help Your Local Food Bank

Posted 05.25.2011

As unemployment benefits run out for millions of Americans, food banks across the nation are preparing to see more and more families and individuals t...

Let them eat cake.

Vicki B. Escarra | Posted 05.25.2011

Vicki B. Escarra

This argument against SNAP recipients using their benefits to purchase snack and other "unhealthy" foods is one I find disappointing. Food insecurity...

DC Foodies Do Good: Social Club Gives Back, Inspired By Love Of Food

Posted 05.25.2011

Robyn Webb and Line Storgaard-Conley love food -- they love eating it, writing about it, tweeting it, and introducing new recipes to their friends. A...

An Unusually Meaty Menu At Skid Row Shelter

Los Angeles Times | Kate Linthicum, | Posted 05.25.2011

On Monday night's dinner menu at the Union Rescue Mission: tacos made from elk, deer, sheep, wild pig, black bear and antelope....

Why Are Americans Going Hungry? CNN Investigates

Posted 05.25.2011

According to a report from CNN's "Broken Government" series, four out of every 10 visitors to a food pantry is under 18, and 50% of food pantry visito...

40% Of Food Produced Goes To Waste, While One In Six Go Hungry

Posted 05.25.2011

Vicki Escarra, the president and CEO of Feeding America, calls hunger America's "dirty little secret." Mara Schiavocampo from NBC Nightly News discove...

Recession Sends Older Americans To Food Pantries

AP | VALERIE BAUMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

ALBANY, N.Y. — Older Americans who were raised on stories of the Great Depression and acquired lifelong habits of thrift now find themselves crowdin...