Wondering how you can help people in your community that are facing food insecurities? We love Northern Illinois Foodbank’s suggestion to plant extra fruits and vegetables in your garden donate to your local food bank or to share with neighbors!
Eighty-five percent of Share Our Strength survey respondents say that eating healthy meals is important to their families, but only 53 percent of families are accomplishing eating healthy meals at home most days in a typical week.
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Lincoln (Neb.) Journal-Star columnist Lynn Ireland, talking about the struggles food insecure families face and the need for Cooking Matter’s classes. |
Kids talk about what it’s like to experience hunger and how programs supported by Feeding America food banks help them.
Want a chance to win a donation for your local food bank? Just share your passion for helping end hunger by sharing a photo and a brief story on Feeding America’s Facebook page that shows how you’re volunteering to support your community.
Spring break is a time for relaxation, but for the Oklahoma City Public School students that rely on free and reduced-priced meals at school, this extended holiday presented a challenge.
Feeding America and the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma partnered with the school district to ensure students had something to eat during their long break.
The Capital Area Food Bank’s Kids Café program helps combat hunger in the Washington, D.C., area by providing afterschool meals to low-income children whose parents are struggling to make ends meet.
Matt Habash, president and CEO of the Mid-Ohio Food Bank, discusses the importance of sourcing more fresh produce to help feed the 49 million Americans at risk of hunger, and the role of farmers in helping Feeding America meet its goal of sourcing one billion pounds of fresh produce by 2015.
Every year The San Antonio Food Bank, a Feeding America affiliate, receives more than 40 million pounds of food, produce and grocery products to help people like Brian who are facing hunger and struggling to feed their families in this economy.
Cooking Matters aims to myth-bust. We want people to learn that you can eat well in an economical way, that cooking at home is not too expensive or time-consuming.
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Steve Dunn, a food writer, photographer and Cooking Matters Massachusetts board member, talking about the importance of helping families make the most of their limited grocery budgets. |
