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…
Positive Future #884 (Feature photo – Cabbage Field – CCA 2.0 Generic, Ksenja Putilin) Called Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County, this food bank is one of the world’s largest. It’s probably not an understatement, that this food bank represents a growing and expanding presence in the future of food. The food bank distributes…
Touch the Soil News #1769 (Feature Photo– Fresh Picked Produce – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, Elina Mark) Foodbanks, organized on the state level, distribute food to many other local food pantries and soup kitchens throughout their region. Taking an innovative lead in food banking, is The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts. The most popular way…
Positive Future #870 (Feature photo – LED Grow Lights on Potatoes – NASA Public Domain) The idea is quite simple, when you are thinking about your 2022 gardening plans, add an additional row to grow produce for donation. Check with your local food bank to see if they have an acceptance program and how it…
Positive Future #861 (Feature photo – Food Donations – Public Domain.) When we think of a big store with many outlets, we think of Walmart, with approximately 4,700 outlets in the U.S. However, the nation’s food banking network, has over 60,000 food pantries and meal programs, reaching between 45 and 50 million people a year,…
Touch the Soil News #1322 (Feature photo – Pig Farming –USDA Public Domain) City Farmer News brings our attention to the Mid-Ohio Food Bank as it donates $180,000 to 14 different urban farms to help regional food insecurity. One of the farms engages 350 to 400 children every day for 50 days in the summertime.…
