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The Hunger Blog

Search and browse our latest podcasts, stories, resources, research, and news from Feeding America.

Finding real, community-focused solutions to hunger and poverty

Each day, millions of families across the country struggle to make ends meet. Many are not only hungry, but they also face homelessness, unemployment, health issues, and debt. These realities...

By Kelly Goodall on
January 29, 2016

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Reactions to the State of the Union

By Dan Michel on
January 13, 2016

The annual State of the Union address by the President is always met with anticipation of gauging the pulse of the federal government and the effect it will have on...

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My Favorite Box of Cereal

By Ash Little on
January 12, 2016

For the outstanding effort to rebuild and reclaim stability in South Carolina, a big "shout out" to General Mills and the more than 60 bloggers hailing from cities near and...

Disaster Response

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BOXLUNCH keeps philanthropic mission first

By Robert Thomsen on
December 3, 2015

A little over a year ago, our new business development team began incubating the idea for BoxLunch. From the very beginning we felt that this was the perfect opportunity to...

Tony Hand to Heart

Tony Robbins: Let’s feed 100 million people by the end of the year

By Tony Robbins on
December 1, 2015

The holidays are a special time of year for most Americans, and they are special for me as well, because it was a stranger’s holiday generosity that changed my life.I...

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Diabetes in the food-pantry line: how food banks can help reach the hard-to-reach

By Elaine Waxman on
November 12, 2015

This blog is re-posted from Urban Institute's blog, Urban Wire.On a sunny spring day in 2013, the Redwood Empire Food Bank of Sonoma County, California, set up a mobile food...

Our Research Produce

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Food Lion Serves Those Who Serve Our Country

By Tara Robertson on
November 11, 2015

Each day, thousands of military men and women must take significant risks and sacrifices to defend the freedoms that Americans enjoy every day. At Food Lion, we are passionate about...

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Food Banks Link Diabetics to Healthy Food and Medical Care

By Patricia Mae Doykos, PhD on
November 5, 2015

In 2010, the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation launched a national philanthropic initiative called Together on Diabetes™ with the goal to improve health outcomes of people living with type 2 diabetes, and...

Our Research Our Response Nutrition

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Recap: Feeding America’s First Food Recovery Summit

By Liz Baldridge on
October 27, 2015

Food waste is a HOT topic, and it’s helping elevate the critical conversation of aligning food recovery and fighting food insecurity. The EPA has feeding people facing hunger at the...

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Partnering to Get More Green Beans

October 7, 2015

Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee partnered with Hughes Farms – a major green bean producer – to rescue safe, surplus beans that from filling landfills. Watch this video...