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  • How grassroots partnerships are working toward long-term food security

    July 03, 2019 |

    Columbia Missourian |

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    Response Location: United States, Branson, Missouri

    Overcoming the causes of social isolation plays a crucial role in combating food insecurity. From faith-based community meals paired with job programs in Branson, to food recycling initiatives that tap into local markets in Kansas, multiple organizations across Missouri and the United States are developing solutions oriented toward local needs. In some cases, such as the work of Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard in Bloomington, IN, building community leads to political advocacy and civic engagement.

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  • The rise of urban food forests

    July 02, 2019 |

    Smart Cities Dive |

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    Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

    Creating and supporting local food systems requires public-private partnerships in urban planning. Across the United States, nonprofit organizations such as Trees Atlanta in Georgia successfully work with cities to operate and maintain community orchards, or "food forests", on public lands. Planting food forests with several layers of fruit-bearing vegetation reduces the prevalence of food deserts, adding both green space and nutritional value to communities.

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  • Food it Forward

    July 01, 2019 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    In the United States, millions of people lack reliable access to food while hundreds of thousands of pounds of leftover food is thrown away. Fooding Forward is one of several non-profits in Philadelphia working directly against in order to donate food waste to "groups who can get that food to people in need."

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  • A Regional Approach to Rural Health Challenges

    June 22, 2019 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Danville, Virginia

    A network of member organizations in and around Danville, Virginia tackles the region's health and nutrition pitfalls by relying on the strength of their tight-knit rural towns to donate and distribute health resources to impoverished communities. One such organization, God's Storehouse, uses the personal bonds of neighbors and friends to box and distribute free food.

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  • Appetites: Food truck helps keep Minnesota kids fed when school is out

    June 20, 2019 |

    MPR News |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Paul, Minnesota

    Food trucks have taken much of the United States by storm, but now the concept is being applied to helping keep children well nourished during summer months when school is out. Funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, trucks are now roaming the streets in St. Paul, Minnesota serving nutritional meals to children in the local school district.

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  • School's out, but lunch is still served in Ignacio

    June 14, 2019 |

    Durango Herald |

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    Response Location: United States, Durango, Colorado

    Funded by a grant from the Colorado Health Foundation, several nonprofits are working to fill the summer food security gap for children who rely on school meals. Several groups, including Pine River Shares and Friends with Food, have partnered with the Education Literacy Health and Inspiration Community Center to provide free lunches to needy schoolchildren. When the school district ceased operating the meal program, ELHI took over the operations, serving the children of families who already come to the center for other activities.

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  • School turns old buses into mobile cafes for students

    June 07, 2019 |

    KMGH-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Across America, there is a food insecurity problem that increasingly impacts children as they head into summer breaks from school. To address the gap that is created during this time, a school district in Denver, Colorado has turned to recycling out-of-use school buses into mobile cafes that are open to all students during lunchtime, regardless of the district they live in.

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  • The Dirt on Waste: Understanding College Recycling Programs

    June 06, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, Malibu, California

    Pepperdine University is having some trouble as they try to go about achieving the goal set by the California government stating that 75% of waste must be diverted by 2050. This article covers the specifics of the conservation efforts at Pepperdine, and also looks at more successful programs going on at UCLA and Santa Clara University. Some effective tactics include a comprehensive education plan on recycling, requiring faculty and staff to dispose of landfill waste themselves by only collecting recyclable waste, and partnering with athletic teams to champion conservation.

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  • Childhood Hunger Rampant in Parts of Western North Carolina

    June 03, 2019 |

    Carolina Public Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Cherokee, North Carolina

    Individuals, churches, and nonprofits are joining together in North Carolina's food deserts to help address childhood hunger throughout the state. In one particularly food-insecure county, an alliance between three community churches as well as pop-up markets has helped to more equitably distribute produce to neighborhoods and communities where resources are scarce.

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  • How West Oakland Financed Its Own Grocery Store

    May 30, 2019 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    Public investment campaigns can raise capital and attract larger institutional investors. In the neighborhood of West Oakland, the Community Foods Market opened its doors by raising funds through a Direct Public Offering (DPO). In addition to using traditional grant funding and so-called “angel” investors, the Community Foods Market turned community members into investors, giving them partial ownership of their local grocery store.

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