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  • USPS Could Tackle Food Insecurity

    January 27, 2017 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    While the USPS has seen a drastic decline in revenues and capacity in recent years due to growing competition from the private sector and social changes, First Class Meal is reimagining the role that this institution has to play: improving national access to healthy food. Using the existing USPS app to connect organizations and food banks that struggle to distribute donations, postal drivers out on their normal routes would pick up donations, deliver to food banks or pantries, and store food in post offices with excess capacity.

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  • N.J. food stamp recipients can shop online this summer

    January 16, 2017 |

    The Press of Atlantic City |

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    Response Location: United States, Atlantic City, New Jersey

    New Jersey was one of seven states chosen by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to participate in a pilot program for SNAP recipients, where eligible participants can use food stamps for grocery purchases online for the first time.

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  • Campus Kitchen helps feed families in Atlantic City

    November 27, 2016 |

    The Press of Atlantic City |

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    Response Location: United States, Atlantic City, New Jersey

    Food access for low-income Americans is still a challenge across the country. Campus Kitchen Project, a national community service project that operates at 53 colleges, leverages the readily-available manpower and compassion of university and high school students to help provide meals to those in need.

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  • How other communities are addressing food insecurity

    November 27, 2016 |

    The Press of Atlantic City |

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    Response Location: United States, Atlantic City, New Jersey

    New Jersey looks for those solutions being implemented successfully in other regions around the country to fight hunger in food deserts and poor neighborhoods, assessing what can be replicated in their local communities to address these issues.

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  • Relying on food pantries in New Mexico's rural communities

    September 05, 2016 |

    Small Towns Big Change |

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    Response Location: United States, Ojo Sarco, New Mexico

    Hunger is a hidden crisis in the U.S., and in places like Rio Arriba County, New Mexico - a food desert and poverty-stricken community - a few dedicated food pantries are all that stands between thousands of people and going hungry. A longstanding relationship with Farmers Markets authorized to use SNAP benefits has also allowed farmers to donate overstocked produce to those in need - though the greater battle against the poverty that causes hunger is yet to be won.

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  • For Nonprofits Tackling Poverty, Collaboration Remains Important Hurdle

    June 30, 2016 |

    American University Radio (WAMU) |

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    Response Location: United States, Fort Worth, Texas

    Padua Project is an innovative program that has a goal of getting poor people out of poverty in three years with a job, three months’ savings and off government assistance. Its unusual success involved a collaboration with other social services organizations. Overcoming the big challenge of this collaboration is an important learning tool to scale similar initiatives.

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  • Can Fruit Save Our Food Waste Problem?

    June 15, 2016 |

    Los Angeles Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Los Angeles-based nonprofit Food Forward was born out of the observation that many farmers are growing more fruit than they can sell at market. To cut down on food waste and get these viable fruits into the hands of people that are food insecure, Food Forward operates as the "transfer point between donors and receiving agencies," while also coordinating volunteers to forage the local farms and farmers markets.

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  • This Country Just Banned Grocery Stores From Throwing Out Food

    May 26, 2015 |

    ThinkProgress |

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    Response Location: France, Paris

    Food waste costs billions of dollars a year and is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. French government just passed a law banning grocery stores from destroying or throwing away unsold food, and instead directing it to those in need.

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  • To Feed More, Food Pantries Learn From Supermarkets

    May 22, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Even with all available help, New Yorkers miss about 100 million meals each year - food stamps are not enough. But some New York food banks allow for the homeless to choose their own food products, making healthy choices easier.

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  • A Bowl Full of Hope

    March 13, 2015 |

    GOOD Magazine |

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    Response Location: Turkey, Istanbul

    With the recent large influx of refugees, crumbling infrastructure, crowded streets, and struggling social services, bing disabled or homeless in Istanbul means facing serious challenges to carving out a dignified life. But one group is helping bring these communities together and create empowerment through cycling. Engelsiz Çorba partners disabled volunteers with cyclists to deliver food to the homeless and encourage them to share their stories.

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