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…
Category: Food Banking
A Foodbank Gets Into Farming
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…
Are You a Food Gardener? Plant a Row for the Hungry in 2022
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…
Food Banks – America’s Largest Grocery Chain
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,…
Food Security is Changing
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.…