Tag: food banks
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Nine-year-old girl’s lunch blog shames school and local politicians into making changes
from naturalnews.com: A nine-year-old Scottish girl, Martha Payne, got some help from her dad to set up her blog “Never Seconds,” in which she displayed her school’s lunches and created […]
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Starving Las Vegas: $3.39 a day buys little food, lots of lessons
from lasvegassun.com: Try eating on $3.39 a day. Some Las Vegans learned last week that it’s doable but difficult. Luckily for them it was just a one-week experiment, whereas for […]
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Giffords winds up congressional duties with Food Bank visit
from tucsonsentinel.com: U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ last official act in her district was not a rousing speech to political supporters, nor a tearful resignation. Rather, she took a quiet tour […]
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food needs abound all times of the year, not just holidays
arkansas food banks feel the post-holiday pressure from baxter bulletin: While area food pantries traditionally receive a lot of donations this time of year, the needs are especially great after […]
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portland giving back on christmas: “we’ve seen need skyrocket this year”
from katu: Many Portland residents spent their Christmas serving the homeless, hungry and needy. Fred Gartner says he’s been coming to the Union Gospel Mission for almost 40 years. He […]
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12/8 binge & purge: rhetoric, recalls & recipes
newt says obama the ‘finest food stamp’ president* is obama the ‘food stamp president’?* supervalu joins farmers behind US food stamps at $71.8b* world food prices fall for a fifth […]
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‘stuff a bus’ campaign helps out edmonton food bank
from inews880: The Edmonton Food Bank still has a long way to go in its goal of raising 225,000 kilograms of food for the Christmas and Festive Campaign, but the […]
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food banks face peanut butter shortage for the holidays
as peanut prices soar, supply goes down from time: Peanut butter may be too expensive for impoverished families this Christmas. Happy holidays, America! The miracle staple that saves the starving […]
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11/24 binge & purge: the high cost of high prices
video: study says thanksgiving to cost more* oregon food bank raises more than $500,000 at gala* video: obamas pay visit to food bank* food banks low for thanksgiving crunch* video: […]
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9/29 binge & purge: pantries, pets & pig thieves
is the govt stockpiling food in anticipation of economic crisis?* report: emergency food pantries become a mainstay* illinois food bank grows to meet bigger demand* food pantry repeat visits increase […]
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food banks across the country hit by hunger, thieves
salvation army’s food pantry almost empty from rocky mount telegram: Food is in short supply at the area’s Salvation Army pantries. For the first time in a long time, local […]
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food banks go high-tech to feed the hungry
from ap: Food banks across the country are undergoing a high-tech revolution, adopting sophisticated databases, bar coding, GPS tracking, automated warehouses and other technologies used in the food industry that […]