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Food Pantry Transformation With an Attitude of Abundance
I recently had a conversation with a first-time client as she hesitantly browsed the shelves of our food pantry. She told me how grateful she was to access our resources, and then vigorously promised me that she would only take the foods she needed to get by until she next got paid. American culture is…
Why Don’t Food Pantries Have Enough Food?
Discussions about hunger are everywhere right now. Most major foodbanks have increased their outreach efforts encouraging people facing hunger to seek out assistance now that their SNAP benefits have decreased. Across the street from my gym, a massive billboard from a national nonprofit encourages people experiencing hunger to visit their food pantries. Anti-hunger organizations everywhere…
What Do You Think Hungry People Should Eat?
On March 1st, anyone who received SNAP benefits (formerly known as Food Stamps) lost nearly one-hundred dollars per person per month thanks to the expiration of Covid-era bonus benefits. This cut has already had a terrifying impact on people experiencing food insecurity, and anti-hunger advocates expect that it will quickly grow much worse. The rapidly…
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Rediscovering food justice and dignity in the food banking world 