Food Bank Launches Alabama Food Hub A desire to support a local food economy and improve health outcomes inspired the Food Bank of North Alabama to launch a local food hub. The Farm Food Collaborative is North Alabama’s first local food hub helping family farmers sell locally grown fruits and vegetables. To celebrate the official […]

Jessica Powers of WhyHunger‘s National Hunger Clearinghouse created this timeline of the food system and social issues that impact hunger and poverty in the US. Author Jan Poppendieck and Leona Davis of the Community Food Bank of Southern AZ provided additional information for the timeline. View and share this resource: A History of Emergency Food […]

Nutrition Ambassadors Share a Passion for Produce At the Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County’s Passion for Produce events, families participate in a 20 minute nutrition lesson taught by a Nutrition Ambassador and then select produce to take home. The fruits and vegetables are laid out on nice tablecloths, in a setting that feels […]

Help Shape the Conference  Share your thoughts: What topics should be discussed at the 2015 Conference?   One year from now, representatives from food banks, farms, and organizations focused on health, education, and local food systems will gather in Portland, Oregon for Closing the Hunger Gap: Cultivating Food Justice. You will have the opportunity to […]

Closing the Hunger Gap Network News Exciting things are happening in the space where food banking and community food security intersect. Here’s a snapshot of what’s been happening in the last few months and how to plug in to the Closing the Hunger Gap Network.   Action Hubs At the Closing the Hunger Gap conference […]