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Food Pantries

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

Posted 11.28.2009 | Impact

Read More: Food Pantries, Hunger, Mara Schiavocampo, Food Going to Waste, Vicki Escarra, Hunger in America, Feeding America, NBC Nightly News, Brian Williams, Us Food Goes to Waste, Impact News

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

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Recession Sends Older Americans To Food Pantries

AP | VALERIE BAUMAN | Posted 11.28.2009 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Food Pantries, American Seniors, American Seniors Foodpantries, Older Americans Food Pantries, Economy, Economic Crisis, Financial Crisis, Seniors, Recession, Business News

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

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Breadline USA Part III

Sasha Abramsky | Posted 07.31.2009 | Business

Read More: Healthy Eating, Food Pantries, Hunger, Poverty, Economic Crisis, Community Gardens, Diet, Breadline USA, Business News
Sasha Abramsky

If we're going to rely almost exclusively on supermarkets to get food from farmer to consumer, we need to find ways of subsidizing their placement in out-of-the-way communities otherwise bypassed by the market.

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Food Pantries To Get Big Boost From Stimulus

Daily Herald | Posted 05.15.2009 | Chicago

Read More: American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, Economic Stimulus, Food Banks, Food Pantries, Chicago Food Banks, Stimulus Package, Chicago News

Food banks in Illinois will start receiving truckloads of supplies next month under funding provided by the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, Se...

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Arthur Delaney

More Americans Volunteering, But Funding For Services Down

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Food Pantries, Volunteering, Service, Politics News

Michael Stoops says the recession is bringing out a volunteer spirit in America. "When we're in times like these, there's a greater willingness on t...

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Food Pantries Need Donations Beyond The Holidays

Daily Herald | Scott C. Morgan | Posted 01.30.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Food Bank Donations, Food Pantry Donations, Food Pantries, Food Pantry Shortages, Food Banks, Chicago Food Pantries, Chicago News

The holiday season is nearly over, but DuPage County food pantries are hoping people don't abandon the gift-giving spirit just yet. "People don't jus...

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Food Pantries Struggle To Keep Up With Growing Demand

Daily Herald | Marni Pyke | Posted 12.26.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Food Pantries, Chicago Food Pantries, Food Pantry Shortage, Community Economic Development Assistance Group, Recession, Food Pantries Recession, Economic Crisis, Chicago News

A couple with a young baby and people of all ages and walks of life waited upstairs at the CEDA headquarters in Mount Prospect Monday, seeking assista...

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