Food banking is a bit of an odd duck of the nonprofit world. It involves all the fundraising and programming of most nonprofits, but also encompasses a heavy-duty operational aspect – with warehouses, trucks, inventories,...

Jan 20, 2025 · During the pandemic, the Minn.-based hunger relief organization Open Cupboard gained two key insights that helped guide the opening of its newest free-food market. The first was that people don’t want to have to answer a lot of questions to gain access to food. The second was that a community’s ...

CHRIS COSTANZO Founder and Editor [email protected] Chris Costanzo spent decades as a magazine and newspaper editor, reporter and freelance writer, and more recently began volunteering at her local food pantry and hunger-relief agency. All of these interests came together in the launch of Food Bank News in 2019. Chris lives in New Jersey with her family, and is a graduate…

Oct 22, 2024 · Our dashboard of the top 300 U.S. food banks is interactive and searchable, while offering many different perspectives of the data.

Mar 21, 2023 · For a small but growing number of food banks, distributing food is no longer enough. These food banks, including Feeding Tampa Bay and Greater Cleveland Food Bank, are re-orienting their operations to support a range of services that go …

Jan 7, 2025 · Farm-to-food-assistance programs are thriving, according to a report, signaling a new chapter in how communities can address hunger relief. The idea of getting food from local farms to food-insecure people is not necessarily new, but Covid-19 helped to spur additional investment in the practice.

Aug 9, 2023 · Remote lockers are the latest way in which a Wash.-based nonprofit is shedding the usual trappings of a traditional charitable food organization.. Its Fresh Lockers are part of an ongoing effort to make the experience of getting free food feel more normal and dignified.

Jan 7, 2025 · Ideally, Food is Medicine initiatives run by food banks would be funded by the government through Medicaid. But with states moving slowly to adopt the waivers that would make that possible, hospitals have become a major source of support for Food is Medicine efforts.

Aug 27, 2024 · Food banks are getting increasingly creative about where they put new distribution outlets. In a bid to expand their reach, especially into underserved areas, food banks are making use of farms, libraries, county clerk offices, shopping malls, and even horse racetracks as food distribution points.

Welcome to the Food Drive Resource Hub Sponsored by #GiveHealthy Overview Case Studies Best Practices Resources We Love Directory Ignite the Most Popular Form of Giving Our Food Drive Resource Hub aims to help food banks take advantage of the massive inclination among Americans to give generously when it comes to food. The …