Touch the Soil News #2047 (photo – Vegetables – Courtesy of USDA) One of the larger Food Banks in America is the Tarrant Area Food Bank, located in Fort Worth, Texas. Serving a metropolitan county area of 2.2 million people. Recently, the Food Bank was awarded a multi-year grant to provide food-as-medicine meals. It took…
Touch the Soil News #2040 (photo – Food Bank) (Courtesy of Often times when spring arrives, there is a dedicated number of customers that live in the region that find their way to the Kelp4Less warehouse for several reasons. Foremost on their minds is food as a path to better health as they take their…
Touch the Soil News #2032 (photo – Food Bank) (Courtesy of Harrison Keely Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International) Food Bank News comes with an interesting story about Matt Habash, who was selected as Food Bank CEO of the year. Habash relies on data to understand his hungry constituents to make decisions about how a Food Bank…
Touch the Soil News #1999 (photo – President Visits Capital Area Food Bank – (Public Domain) Food Bank News bring new insights into Food Banking that include accelerating “Food as Medicine” programs. Through this program the Food Bank provides healthy food over long periods of time to people fighting diet-related diseases. In addition, the Food…
AgFunder brings an interesting story about new forms of flour and lower glycemic sugar from wheat stalks and other crop residues. By using crop residues that are wasted or underutilized that company hopes to re-invent a healthier sugar and healthier wheat flour. You can read the full story here: https://agfundernews.com/the-supplant-company-makes-wheat-flour-from-grains-and-upcycled-stalks
Touch the Soil News #1805 (Feature Photo – Vegetable Meal – Public Domain) Foodtank News, brings us the story medical professionals that are practicing food as medicine. The story lists 22 professionals around the world with a short story on each. For some, this list may be important as another approach to better health. You…
Touch the Soil News #1617 (Feature Photo – Greenhouse at St. Joseph Mercy Health System – courtesy of St. Joseph Mercy Health System.) Agritecture journalists Jeffery Landau and Bea Minana bring us the story of farms at hospitals and the inclusion of food in the healthcare narrative. You can read more of the story here:…
