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Food bank leaders are leaning into innovation and reimagining what’s possible in the face of rising demand and fluctuating ...
With federal funding becoming scarce, food banks are turning more attention to recovering food donations from local grocers.
Partnership for a Healthier America is enlisting cities to help it build sustainable access to fresh produce throughout the ...
Solving hunger may not have anything to do with food, but according to Mariana Chilton, it has everything to do with love.
Coming out of Covid, many food banks phased out their drive-through distributions. Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana is taking the opposite approach by leaning into its drive-through. There are good ...
The timing could not have been better to demonstrate that major Food is Medicine interventions can improve patient health, while lowering costs. Three research studies released in as many months all ...
WASHINGTON D.C. – If you’re thinking about ways to get into Food is Medicine, you might consider reaching out to your state’s primary care association as a first step. Every state and territory in the ...
The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts has a few things going for it when it comes to Food is Medicine. First, it has long championed building relationships with area hospitals, giving it valuable ...
With proposed cuts to SNAP of $230 billion over the next ten years looming, the Food Research and Action Center yesterday lined up speakers who put forth several powerful arguments against the measure ...
Early in March, food banks found out that $500 million for LFPA, a popular federal program that gives them money to buy food from local farms and ranchers, would go away. Toward the end of the month, ...
Central California Food Bank is taking a “quality over quantity” approach to its First Fruits Market, a free grocery store it opened in September 2023 in downtown Fresno. Located on a campus with ...
INDIANAPOLIS, IN. – One of the best things a food bank can do to get started in Food is Medicine is to lobby their state food-bank leadership to get involved. That’s because the managed care ...