Reduction In Food Stamps May Lead To Poor Nutrition
The March 5th Issue of The Food Journal Will Provide an In-Depth Analysis on Budgets Cuts to The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Beginning...
View ArticleFood documentary "A Place at the Table" examines hunger in Colorado, nation
Colorado fifth-grader Rosie of Collbran speaks candidly about her life in the documentary. (Provided by Magnolia Pictures) Related Mar 1:Movie review: Colorado town gets a close-up in hunger...
View ArticleLand O'Lakes Joins Feeding America to Launch Pin-A-Meal, Give-A-Meal
SAINT PAUL, Minn., March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- For every Land O'Lakes recipe pinned on Pinterest, the Land O'Lakes Foundation will donate $1 up to $250,000 to Feeding America® to help fight hunger in...
View ArticleFeeding America Strongly Opposes Proposed Cuts to Food Stamps (Feeding America)
(Source: Feeding America) Statement Attributable to Bob Aiken, President and CEO of Feeding America March 5, 2013 "Feeding America strongly opposes legislation being introduced in the Senate that would...
View ArticleKids on food stamps don't eat any healthier, study suggests
A lunch meal portion waits at the Part of the Solution (POTS) soup kitchen and food pantry in the Bronx borough of New York.REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/Files Children whose families are on food stamps...
View ArticleUPDATE: The Band Perry Leads National Effort To Outnumber Hunger
General Mills, Big Machine Label Group and Feeding America Come Together for Second Annual Campaign to Support Local Food Banks Download image Download image Download image MINNEAPOLIS, March 7, 2013...
View ArticleThe Band Perry Leads National Effort To Outnumber Hunger
General Mills, Big Machine Label Group and Feeding America Come Together for Second Annual Campaign to Support Local Food Banks Download image Download image Download image MINNEAPOLIS, March 7, 2013...
View ArticleTarget and FEED Partner on Exclusive Collection to Fight Hunger in the U.S....
(Source: Target Corporation) March 11, 2013MINNEAPOLIS Limited edition product will display number of meals donated from purchase Target® Corp. (NYSE: TGT) today announced a partnership with FEED...
View ArticleTarget and FEED Partner on Exclusive Collection to Fight Hunger in the U.S.
Target® Corp. (NYSE: TGT) today announced a partnership with FEED Projects, a social business founded by Lauren Bush Lauren, to create the FEED USA + Target collection. The limited-time-only...
View ArticleThe Band Perry Leads National Effort to Outnumber Hunger (Feeding America)
(Source: Feeding America) General Mills, Big Machine Label Group and Feeding America Come Together for Second Annual Campaign to Support Local Food Banks Minneapolis, Minnesota March 8, 2013 General...
View ArticleKy. Voices: Hunger in U.S., nutrition in spotlight this month
This month offers two great opportunities for those concerned that 1 in 6 Kentuckians don't always know where their next meal will come from. First, the documentary, A Place at the Table, sheds...
View ArticleHeartbreaking Stories Of Hunger Among America's Elderly
By Matthew Fleischer, TakePart Seven years ago, Eddie Cantrell was a recent retiree with time on his hands. Looking for a way to pass the days and give back to his local community, he helped start a...
View ArticleFeeding America Receives $1 Million Investment From The Caterpillar Foundation
Gift Marks Leading Manufacturer Foundation's First Contribution to Largest Domestic Hunger-Relief Organization CHICAGO, March 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Feeding America, the nation's leading...
View ArticleFeeding America Opposes Cuts To SNAP; Urges Congress To Protect The Nation's...
CHICAGO, March 12, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Earlier today, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) unveiled his budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2014. Like past House budgets for 2012...
View ArticleReThink Review: A Place at the Table - Hungry In the Land of the Fat
When I think about the problems America has with food, I generally think of the fact that we're eating ourselves to death through obesity, diabetes, and heart disease by eating highly processed,...
View ArticleFeeding America Applauds Protection Of Low-income Programs; Urges Congress...
CHICAGO, March 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Yesterday, Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray (D-WA) unveiled her budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2014. The plan protects programs...
View ArticleFeeding America Applauds Protection Of Low-income Programs; Urges Congress...
CHICAGO, March 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Yesterday, Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray (D-WA) unveiled her budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2014. The plan protects programs...
View ArticleFeeding America Applauds Protection Of Low-Income Programs; Urges Congress...
(Source: Feeding America) Chicago, Illinois March 14, 2013 Yesterday, Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray (D-WA) unveiled her budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2014. The plan protects...
View ArticleFeeding America to host Twitter nutrition chat
Feeding America said today it will be holding a twitter chat on Thursday, March 21 from 12:00-1:00pm CT to highlight nutrition issues. Feeding America is the nation's largest agency fighting hunger...
View ArticleThe children going hungry in America
Child poverty in the US has reached record levels, with almost 17 million children now affected. A growing number are also going hungry on a daily basis. Food is never far from the thoughts of...
View ArticleSHOCK REPORT HIGHLIGHTS DESPERATE LEVELS OF FOOD POVERTY IN ‘SQUEEZED’...
(Source: Kellogg Company) Food poverty in the UK is at a shocking level and is set to get worse, according to new research. It has found that at least 4.7 million Brits could be described as being in...
View ArticleSequester will mean cuts to life-saving food aid
Bread for the World says the sequestration cuts will have a devastating impact on the fight against hunger worldwide. The advocacy group says "2.1 million people will experience reductions of or be...
View ArticleWhy should food stamps pay for junk food?
Kudos to The Post’s Eli Saslow for a vivid story in Sunday’s paper about the burgeoning federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and its impact on struggling Woonsocket, R.I. Because...
View ArticleCIT Employees Donate More Than 30 Tons of Food to NJ-Based Interfaith Food...
Neighbors Helping Neighbors LIVINGSTON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CIT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT) cit.com, a leading provider of financing and advisory services to small businesses and middle market...
View ArticleCIT Employees Donate More Than 30 Tons of Food to NJ-Based Interfaith Food...
(Source: CIT Group Inc) Dateline: "I am extremely proud of the overwhelming support and generous contributions of our employees who donated in excess of 30 tons of food - more than triple our initial...
View ArticleKansas Sen. Pat Roberts: We must cut food stamps to save them
WASHINGTON Once hailed as the savior of food stamps, Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts has introduced a bill to cut $36 billion from the federal aid program over 10 years. Up for re-election in 2014, the...
View ArticleOwn Skin Health Gives Back To Bay Area With Program To Benefit Feeding America
Own to Aid Local Food Banks Through Feeding America When Coupons Redeemed at Whole Foods Markets or the Company's Website Download image SAN FRANCISCO, March 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Own Skin Health...
View ArticlePlease Join Feeding America, The Academy Of Nutrition And Dietetics, USDA's...
CHICAGO, March 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- WHEN: Thursday, March 21, 2013 12:00-1:00PM CST *Follow the Twitter Chat by using the hash tag #BetterHealth WHAT: This March, Feeding America, the...
View ArticlePlease Join Feeding America, The Academy Of Nutrition And Dietetics, USDA's...
CHICAGO, March 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- WHEN: Thursday, March 21, 2013 12:00-1:00PM CST *Follow the Twitter Chat by using the hash tag #BetterHealth WHAT: This March, Feeding America, the...
View ArticlePlease Join Feeding America, The Academy Of Nutrition And Dietetics, USDA’s...
(Source: Feeding America) Chicago, Illinois March 21, 2013 WHEN: Thursday, March 21, 2013 12:00-1:00PM CST *Follow the Twitter Chat by using the hash tag #BetterHealth WHAT: This March, Feeding...
View ArticlePet food stamp program now available in NYC
On Mar. 22, Pet Business World announced an innovative program to help low income New Yorkers keep their pets during tough times has started shipping pet food to area homes. Pet Food Stamps, a new...
View ArticleReport: Financial recovery doesn't put food on the table
Wall Street is back on track, but that hasn’t helped put food on the table for an estimated 86,926 Bucks and Montgomery county residents still on food stamps, according to latest report from the...
View ArticleWhy do we subsidize junk food?
The Washington Post's Eli Saslow recently wrote a vivid story about the burgeoning federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and its impact on struggling Woonsocket, R.I. Because of the...
View Article/C O R R E C T I O N -- Feeding America/
In the news release, Feeding America Strongly Opposes Proposed Cuts To Food Stamps, issued 05-Mar-2013 by Feeding America over PR Newswire, we are advised by the organization that in the second...
View ArticleMeijer Offers Double Match Days to Restock Food Pantry Shelves During Spring...
Retailer's Double Match Days proven to generate tremendous support for local pantries GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., March 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Meijer will once again double match every customer's $10 Simply...
View ArticleMarch 25, 2013: Meijer Offers Double Match Days to Restock Food Pantry...
(Source: Meijer Inc) March 25, 2013: Meijer Offers Double Match Days to Restock Food Pantry Shelves During Spring Simply Give Campaign For Immediate Release Contact: Christina Fecher, 616-735-7968,...
View ArticleFarmers Insurance to Celebrate 85th Anniversary by Joining Forces with...
Download image LOS ANGELES, March 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- From its modest beginnings 85-years ago in a nondescript, Los Angeles office filled with second-hand furniture and room enough for 4...
View ArticleFeeding America Strongly Opposes Proposed Cuts To Food Stamps
CHICAGO, March 5, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "Feeding America strongly opposes legislation being introduced in the Senate that would cut $36 billion in critical food assistance for low-income...
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