Anina Estrem (she/her) is an experienced food justice advocate bringing stories, best practices, and innovation to the fight against hunger. She has spent over a decade increasing access to healthy foods for diverse communities with a specialization in (and passion for) food banking. Her ultimate goal is to make food fun- but knows this can’t be achieved until everyone has access to the food they need to thrive.
Hunger rates are going up, and the need for emergency food assistance programs is skyrocketing. At the same time, many people experiencing hunger remain reluctant to use these services because of the shame and stigma that are attached to using food banks and food pantries. What opportunities are there to improve this experience, and our community food security?
When we change how we think about hunger, we open up a world of new possibilities for fighting it.
Whether you are an experienced social justice fighter, an overwhelmed anti-hunger advocate, or are just looking to learn a little more about hunger, I hope that this site provides you with inspiration for how food pantries can implement the revolutionary concept that everyone deserves to eat.
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Fostering Growth in Food Pantries
I started working at my first food pantry in 2014, and have now managed four different ones. Each pantry in the time I was there doubled their clientele, and two saw a quadrupling in client numbers over 2-3 years. While I like to believe that the increase in the early days of my career was…
Addressing Mission Creep in Food Justice
I once worked at a major food bank during a transition that saw the nonprofit gently pivoting away from direct volunteer service towards more advocacy and community organizing. With this change, the food bank faced intense accusations of mission creep from volunteers, donors, and even staff who believed that food banks should focus on distributing…
No New Post this week!
Sorry, readers! I wish I could do it but we just welcomed a new dog to the household, and he’s not ready to let me sit in the office and write just yet. (Denver is a one and a half year old German Shepard Coonhound who was found as a stray, and while he’s clearly…
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Reintroducing justice and dignity to the fight to end hunger 
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