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 #2022 (photo – Food Bank Inventory) ( Public Domain) Some estimates are that sixty percent of workers live from paycheck to paycheck. While it is popular to look at each individual case, trying to find the reasons for this high number, perhaps the answers have more to do with the nation’s…
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…
Touch the Soil News #1996 ( photo – Healthy Harvest Food Bank – (photo courtesy of Healthy Harvest Food Bank and Food Bank News) Foodbank News brings the story of Healthy Harvest Food Bank in Warsaw, Virginia. The Food Bank is just about to open a 15,000 square foot aquaponics center that includes a 2,000…
Touch the Soil News #1963 (Photo – San Antonio Food Bank Drive-Thru Line – Public Domain, USDA) One of the largest food banks in the nation is the San Antonio Food Bank. Located in a metropolitan area so 3.6 million people. In the top 15 Food Banks in America, the San Antonio Food Bank serves…
Touch the Soil News #1936 (Feature Photo – New Atlanta Food Bank Facility – (Courtesy Rural Development Partners) At 345,000 square Feet, the Atlanta Community Food Bank facility is perhaps the largest of its kind in the world. Serving approximately 79 million meals a year to 611,000 food-insecure people. The Atlanta Community Foodbank works through…
Touch the Soil News #1929 (Feature Photo – North Fork Ranch Vinyard – Santa Barbara County Water Agency Food Bank news has guest editorials about the world of food banking and hunger in America. Recently, Brian Greene, CEO of the Houston Food Bank provided some shocking perspective, that explains why the problem is not…
Positive Future News #949 (Feature Photo – Food Bank Lines – USDA Public Domain) With 53 million Americans relying on food banks for a portion of their nutrition, it is no wonder that food banks are getting bigger. There are now 12 food banks in the U.S. that have revenues over $250 million a year.…
Positive Future News #940 (Feature Photo – Food Bank Workers – CCA 2.0 Generic, Sterling Communications) NPR reports on the growing demand on Food Banks to fill the needs brought on by inflation. Few folks realize that food banking represents the largest grocery chain in the U.S – some 60,000 food banks, pantries and soup…
Touch the Soil News #1786 (Feature Photo – Food Distribution in San Antonio Texas – USDA Public Domain) Did you know that most food banking in America, is orchestrated and aided by a national organization called Feeding America? Feeding America works with 200 large regional food banks, the further serve over 60,000 local charitable feeding…
