United States
This App Helps Food Stamps Last Longer And Recipients Avoid Going Hungry
Startup, Propel, introduced an app that allows people receiving benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)--the official name for the food stamp program-- to check their balances over their smart phones, do budgeting and look for discounts at stores....
Many Silicon Valley residents at risk of hunger
Leslie Bacho, CEO of Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo (California) counties, writes that nearly 720,000 people in that region are at risk for hunger....
Residents’ health, food security improved following grocery store’s opening
A study showed that residents of a low-income Pittsburgh neighborhood experienced improved health and food security following the long-awaited opening of a full-service supermarket, especially compared to other neighborhoods with similar demographics...
One in 5 Philadelphians suffers from food insecurity
According to Feeding America’s 2017 “Map the Meal Gap” project, more than 1.6 million people in Pennsylvania suffer from food insecurity. Philadelphia ranks 10th on Feeding America’s top 10 hungriest counties....
Schools fighting hunger with “share tables”
Schools are fighting hunger with "share tables" which allow students to donate fruit and snacks for other students....
José Andrés is feeding Californians displaced by violent wildfires
When Hurricane Maria ripped through Puerto Rico, José Andrés quickly became the face of disaster relief efforts. On November 26, the humanitarian-chef announced he'd served over 3 million meals to citizens in need. Andrés will continue to feed Puerto Rico through Christmas with his nonprofit Worl...
Alabama has the Worst Poverty in the Developed World, U.N. Official Says
A United Nations official investigating poverty in the U.S. was shocked at the level of environmental degradation in some areas of rural Alabama, saying he had never seen anything like it in the developed world. The tour through Alabama's rural communities is part of a 2-week investigation by the U...
Why Food Waste Can Only Remedy—Not Solve—America’s Hunger Problem
Food Tank interviews author and food security expert Andrew Fisher who argues that it’s time to take a deeper look at what the anti-hunger movement is really achieving in the U.S....
With Vertical Farms, Food Banks are Growing their Own Produce to Fight Hunger
Vertical farms allow food banks to grow their own produce with high-tech systems in an effort to fight food insecurity year-round....
How a California organization uses discarded food to help solve hunger
This year, nearly 11.5 million pounds of excess food in Orange County, California, normally headed toward the garbage bin, went instead to help those struggling with food insecurity, thanks to a model developed by the Waste Not OC Coalition and refined by its executive director, Mike Learakos....
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