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• California Food Banks Aggressively Seek Slow-Grown, Nutritious Food

  
  heave-ho.org — Authority: 164
  Food banks traditionally supplied with supermarket leftovers and corporate seconds are hurting as their usual providers cut corners and cut back. But in the pursuit of new donors and healthier options for pantry fare, food bank solicitors are turning to local farmers who have perfectly edible produce that’s not fit ...
  6 days ago

• Good News: Kid Creates Pet Food Bank 4 Economic Crisis

  
  The Healing Waters — Authority: 427
  From Denny: This has to be one proud mother of this nine-year-old boy named Zach Wilson in Central Florida whose passion to help animals created this animal food bank! This year of 2009 has been a troubled one for Americans, losing jobs, losing homes and forced to lose their pets because they can no longer afford ...
  6 days ago

• Kid Creates Pet Food Bank 4 Economic Crisis

  
  The Social Poets — Authority: 544
  From Denny: This has to be one proud mother of this nine-year-old boy named Zach Wilson in Central Florida whose passion to help animals created this animal food bank! This year of 2009 has been a troubled one for Americans, losing jobs, losing homes and forced to lose their pets because they can no longer afford ...
  6 days ago

• Food for thought

  
  High Country News - Most Recent — Authority: 519
  With the economy lagging, Westerners are using food stamps to fill up pantries for Christmas.
  1 week ago

• As downturn takes toll, food bank volunteers become clients

  
  MacroScope — Authority: 120
  The longest recession since the Great Depression has taken an exacting toll on Americans and their ability to put food on the table. Families who once considered themselves solidly middle class are now signing up for food stamps or turning to food banks to feed themselves in the face of lost jobs or cut wages. ...
  1 week ago

• As downturn takes toll, food bank volunteers become clients

  
  Shop Talk — Authority: 428
  The longest recession since the Great Depression has taken an exacting toll on Americans and their ability to put food on the table. Families who once considered themselves solidly middle class are now signing up for food stamps or turning to food banks to feed themselves in the face of lost jobs or cut wages. ...
  1 week ago

• Big City: To Feed the Hungry, Keep the Can, Open a Wallet

  
  NewsHunter.org — Authority: 170
  As uncharitable as it may sound, the annual holiday food drives, and the canned goods they bring in, are about as welcome as fruitcake in some corners.
  2 weeks ago

• Big City: To Feed the Hungry, Keep the Can, Open a Wallet

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 904
  Pastor Ann Kansfield in the food pantry at Greenpoint Reformed Church in Brooklyn. She says money goes further than donated canned goods.
  2 weeks ago

• BraveNewCode X-Mas Food Bank Drive

  
  BraveNewCode Inc. — Authority: 109
  Turkey dinners raised so far: 6.7 1 st Annual BraveNewCode Food Drive This year we’ve read about hard times hitting many food banks. There simply isn’t enough food at many of our local food banks to keep up with demand, and with Christmas approaching many will go without, and be turned away due to ...
  2 weeks ago

• DOLE: Share your memory for a chance to win $5,000 for you and $5,000 for your local food bank

  
  The Mommy Perks VIP Blog — Authority: 125
  This Holiday season DOLE asks you to help “Share the Goodness” with family, friends and your community. It is easy as 1, 2, 3! (Ends December 31st at 11:59 pm, ET.)Share your favorite Holiday memory by submitting a photo to be a part of the virtual DOLE mosaic poster at www.DoleShares.com and also be entered [...]
  2 weeks ago

• Economic Insecurity and Hunger: An Opportunity for Real Reform

  
  The LA Progressive — Authority: 487
  Food stamp use is now at record highs and increasing every month. There is evidence that as need grows the stigma of such use decreases. Terming the aid “nutritional assistance” rather than welfare... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  3 weeks ago

• Free skating at Rink at the Brink on Tuesday (today)

  
  Niagara Falls Blog — Authority: 139
  From the Niagara Falls Review : Rink at the Brink will offer a free skate event Tuesday in support of Niagara food banks. Residents of Niagara can enjoy a complimentary skate rental and parking on Tuesday with proof of residency and a food or cash donation to Project SHARE, Community Care or the Hope Centre. ...
  3 weeks ago

• Hunger in America Reminder This Holiday Season

  
  The Healing Waters — Authority: 427
  From Denny: Please continue to fill the barrels of your local food grocery stores for the food banks in your area. You never know how even the smallest donation of 5 cans of food will prove a life-saver to someone in need this year. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the economy
  3 weeks ago

• Living Wages from Boston to Canada

  
  Wade Rathke: Chief Organizer Blog — Authority: 426
                Boston             Talking to organizers the last night about security workers being subcontracted, one casually mentioned what could and could not be done because of the Boston Living Wage ordinance.  At Boston University with Professor Lee Staples as we made the case and ...
  3 weeks ago

• The face of hunger is changing—so is fighting it

  
  Blue Kitchen — Authority: 460
  As the effects of a sagging economy continue to spread, an ever-growing number of Americans face “food insecurity,” a newly coined euphemism for not knowing where your next meal is coming... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  3 weeks ago

• Mexican Hot Dogs & More On Sunday Morning Food Special

  
  Atlanta Restaurant Reviews | Atlanta Food Blogs | Dining in Atlanta — Authority: 129
  On most any given Sunday, you’ll find me somewhere other than in front of my TV (usually in bed or at brunch).  However, a few weeks ago, I was told that CBS’ Sunday morning news program, aptly named Sunday Morning, aired their annual Food Issue.  Though I can count on one hand the number of [...]
  4 weeks ago

• Happy (belated) Thanksgiving!

  
  Starryskye.org — Authority: 119
  Did all of my readers have a great Thanksgiving dinner? I sure did! My family and I spent Thanksgiving over our friend’s house and had lots (and lots) of great food and fun with our friends. There were six adults and six kids, a giant turkey and all the fixin’s, four pies and lots of noise. We had a great time and ...
  4 weeks ago

• Happy (belated) Thanksgiving!

  
  JustSayOohRah — Authority: 409
  Did all of my readers have a great Thanksgiving dinner? I sure did! My family and I spent Thanksgiving over our friend’s house and had lots (and lots) of great food and fun with our friends. There were six adults and six kids, a giant turkey and all the fixin’s, four pies and lots of noise. We had a great time and ...
  4 weeks ago

• Happy (belated) Thanksgiving!

  
  Atomic Mama — Authority: 418
  Did all of my readers have a great Thanksgiving dinner? I sure did! My family and I spent Thanksgiving over our friend’s house and had lots (and lots) of great food and fun with our friends. There were six adults and six kids, a giant turkey and all the fixin’s, four pies and lots of noise. We had a great time and ...
  4 weeks ago

• Food banks go high-tech to feed the hungry

  
  Survival News Network — Authority: 139
  Food banks across the country are undergoing a high-tech revolution, adopting sophisticated databases, bar coding, GPS tracking, automated warehouses and other technologies used in the food industry that increasingly supplies their goods.It’s a long way from handing out macaroni and canned soup from a church ...
  4 weeks ago

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