The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MAY 16, 2024

By Scott McFetridge, Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa Heiko Junge/AP Two men who were instrumental in creating the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, above, are set to be honored as 2024 World Food Prize laureates.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

By Robyn Huang The Icelandic startup Melta transforms community food waste into fertilizer, with the goal of cutting emissions and promoting sustainable farming in Iceland.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JUNE 7, 2023

By Dion Dawson Last week’s debt deal and the recent end to pandemic era food programs have left many charities worried about how to feed everyone seeking help. Instead, they should adopt approaches that ensure healthy food is always available to all who need it — regardless of congressional actions.

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 1, 2022

ezCater, a provider of corporate food solutions, announced a new tax-exempt ordering platform for nonprofit organizations. With ezCater, organizations set their tax-exempt status once and it automatically applies to catering orders from over 95,000 restaurants on the ezCater platform, saving them time and money.

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NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 8, 2022

This article is part of Black Food Sovereignty: Stories from the Field , a series co-produced by Frontline Solutions and NPQ. This series features stories from a group of Black food sovereignty leaders who are working to transform the food system at the local level. How can a community reduce food insecurity?

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 20, 2023

Rapid inflation is, naturally, leading to concerns that it’s getting harder for Americans to put food on the table. By Sam Polzin and Jayson Lusk MediaNews Group/Orange County Re/MediaNews Group via Getty Images Grocery prices soared by 11.8 percent in 2022 — the swiftest pace since the early 1980s.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Foundation gave $50 million to the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center to endow a dual-degree program for physician-scientists, and the Rockefeller Foundation has awarded $11 million to promote Indigenous farming practices to safeguard the global food system from the effects of climate change.

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NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Currently, over a third of Americans spend 10 percent of their annual income on fast food and consume such food daily. The Slow Food movement emerged from a protest in Italy during the 1980s against a major fast-food chain’s expansion near the Spanish Steps in Rome. Slow Food’s Principles and Practices.

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NonProfit PRO

MAY 17, 2023

The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) and the Seeding The Future Foundation announced the return of the annual Seeding The Future Global Food System Challenge.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

AUGUST 6, 2024

By Nicole Wallace Karl Schatz for Community Plate The nonprofit Community Plate teams up with local groups to organize story-sharing potluck suppers.

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NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 7, 2022

This article is part of Black Food Sovereignty: Stories from the Field , a series co-produced by Frontline Solutions and NPQ. This series features stories from a group of Black food sovereignty leaders who are working to transform the food system at the local level. Confronting a history of exclusion.

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NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The position of food co-ops in this mix can be ambiguous. On one hand, community-owned food co-ops can be a powerful strategy to assert community control over local food and avoid resident displacement. Yet food co-ops are also sometimes criticized as being potential agents of gentrification.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 6, 2023

All the while, they noticed signs of distress around them—including a stark rise in food insecurity exacerbated by the pandemic. “We We saw news reports which were showing people waiting in very long lines for food. They decided to start their own nonprofit, with the goal of getting food to those in their community who needed it.

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NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

This article introduces Black Food Sovereignty: Stories from the Field , a series co-produced by Frontline Solutions and NPQ. This series features stories from a group of Black food sovereignty leaders who are working to transform the food system at the local level. These communities still live under food apartheid.

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NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

At present, one of UNEC’s most critical projects is to convene a multi-partner collaboration in the city’s Northeast Corridor neighborhoods to transform our local food system. I’ve observed the inner workings of a complex food system that, when it functions well, nourishes our bodies, families, and cultures.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 26, 2023

What does the struggle for Black food sovereignty look like at the local level? In this webinar conversation, five Black food justice leaders share their experiences. All five panelists were all article authors of NPQ ’s fall 2022 series on Black Food Sovereignty: Stories from the Field.

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Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

When I began a food drive for folks who had been affected by the pandemic, I did not think it would lead me to a career change, a 501(c)(3), and a lot of incredible lessons and knowledge. We also started to notice just how many elders and families are affected by food insecurity: more than 34 million people in the United States alone.

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NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 22, 2023

The following is a transcript of the video above, from our webinar on “Remaking the Economy: Black Food Sovereignty, Community Stories.” He used to pay for food stamps at that time to make sure that people were eating healthy—he also had a loan system. View the full webinar here. My dad was a forerunner.

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Image Credit: Oladimeji Odunsi on unsplash.com How do you support development across the food system in a way that builds community ownership and power for Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities? This is a question that a group of food system activists of color have come together to address. This work is worth supporting.

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

And, as in so many other cities, Louisville’s predominantly Black neighborhoods are subject to food apartheid. Downtown grocery stores have recently disappeared, exacerbating food apartheid: between 2016 and 2018, five grocery stores in Louisville’s urban core closed. Some of these projects were top-down in conception and execution.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

India’s fragrant spices, cornucopia of foods, and breathtaking biodiversity compelled despots and discoverers alike to traverse its mystical landscapes, from the mighty Himalayas to the valiant Deccan. And in doing so, they have relentlessly decolonized what land and food have meant for my people.

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NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 23, 2023

In Nigeria, as in the US, people are looking for ways to fight food insecurity and maintain agricultural production amidst climate change and the changing rainfall patterns—including increased flooding—that it is triggering. Akaka’s family cultivates common food crops like yam and maize.

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Selfish Giving

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Way back in 2002, she started as the communications and marketing director for the North Texas Food Bank. When anyone wanted to do a food drive, we said yes, whether it was Joe Bob’s Tire Shop or AT&T." The food bank has come a long way in the past 15 years. Colleen Brinkmann, North Texas Food Bank. Brands Command.

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NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

When one of us in the community gave birth, we would support the new mother for 40 days in this manner by bringing food. It impacted the local food system in South Phoenix, and many food-based businesses faced closure. Prior to the pandemic, the business, Sana Sana Foods , was thriving, with a well-known food truck.

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NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 27, 2023

The following is a transcript of the video above, from our webinar on “Remaking the Economy: Black Food Sovereignty, Community Stories.” And today, they lack, and they have to buy food because of the politics. In the inner city we have, in our nonprofit we’ve been in, we’ve had a food pantry for 30 years. Same people.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Best Applications Of AI For Your Food Business The food sector has advanced at every forefront, thanks to technology. Without any doubt, the evolution in the food industry is tremendous. This is where AI and big data analytics have stepped in to make roars in the food industry. Keep reading to satisfy your intellect.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 30, 2024

By Marcie Bianco Aquaponics recycles water and feeds plant life and fish at the same time.

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Selfish Giving

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

I’m fascinated by the whole food truck phenomenon. We have a number of food trucks here in Boston and I just finished watching The Great Food Truck Race on The Food Network. I’m also heading out to Los Angeles today for the Blogworld Expo and am hoping to sample some of their great food trucks!

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Bloomerang

MAY 25, 2023

Food banks have played a pivotal role in our communities for decades, and they will continue to positively impact the millions of people who struggle with food insecurity each year. According to the USDA , over 10% of households in America worked with food security at some point in 2018.

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NonProfit PRO

MARCH 18, 2022

The Perot donation will give immediate and lasting support to the fight against hunger. The gift provides $10 million that will be permanently invested in the NTFB’s Feeding North Texas Foundation.

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Donorbox Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The best way to address this food insecurity in your neighborhood is with a food drive. Individuals can run food drives on their own or in conjunction with local nonprofit organizations. The post How to Run Successful Food Drives to Help Your Community appeared first on Nonprofit Blog.

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Selfish Giving

AUGUST 31, 2011

I came across this appeal at my local Whole Foods Market. These types of cause marketing promotions are common at Whole Foods. This is the first time I’ve seen a QR code at the register at Whole Foods. This is the first time I’ve seen a QR code at the register at Whole Foods.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

MAY 9, 2011

I’m in the middle of developing a marketing strategy, including a website revamp, for a local food bank. As part of any strategy process, I like to take a look at what other similar organizations are doing, so I’ve perused the websites of dozens of small food banks across the U.S. donate, volunteer, get food).

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Selfish Giving

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Take the recent partnership between Massage Envy and Second Harvest Food Bank in the Santa Clara and San Mateo counties in California. Second Harvest Food Bank is a member of Feeding America , the largest national hunger relief charity in the U. Second Harvest Food Bank is a certified member of Feeding America.

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Selfish Giving

DECEMBER 8, 2017

"One in six people in the United States reportedly struggle with hunger, and yet, at the same time, up to 40 percent of all the food produced in the U.S. Source: Metro I hate wasting food. isn’t eaten." Ask my kids. It drives me nuts. And it drives them crazy because I'm always yelling at them about it.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

By James Pollard, Associated Press NEW YORK Jeenah Moon/AP Students from Food and Finance high school make taco dough during a summer block party outside the Barclays Center in New York. The Food Education Fund provides hands-on experiences and mentoring for low-income students of color at 10 New York high schools.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

OCTOBER 16, 2023

With donations from Bezos Earth Fund and Open Philanthropy, the Good Food Institute has helped shaped the market for alternative meat. Yet the industry doesn’t appear to be taking off.

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