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Instead of Dumping Rejected Food Shipments into Landfills, Truckers Are Donating Them to Local Charities

Instead of letting their rejected food shipments go to waste, truck drivers are being connected with local charities that can put the food to good use.

People Can Pay Their Parking Fines With Cans of Food for the Hungry

Expired parking meters are helping feed the hungry in Kentucky. For the second year in a row, people in Lexington can pay their parking fines...

Scotland Considers Legally Enshrining ‘Right to Food’

If the Scottish government decided to enforce the legal right to access food, it could help feed thousands of hungry citizens.

12-Yr-Old Opens Food Pantry, Gets Huge Surprise From Tyson Foods

This girl is not even a teenager yet, but she’s feeding hundreds of people facing hunger in her community every month. Twelve-year-old Kenzie Hinson founded...

Every View of this Adorable Doggie Video Earns One Pound of Food for a Shelter

Do you want to unleash someone’s inner joy? Puppies can make almost anyone's day better– and these pups are making the day better for...

Tesco to Give All Unsold Food to Charity in its 800 UK Supermarkets

Tesco in the U.K. announced the nationwide rollout of a program that dramatically reduces the amount of food that goes to waste by giving...

People-Powered Grocery Store Lowers Food Prices for Volunteers

A nonprofit grocery store offers healthy foods and a boost of self esteem for less fortunate customers. Founder Kurt Vickman lets people volunteer to work...

Dunkin’ Donuts & Baskin-Robbins Give a Million Bucks to Put Food in Kids’ Backpacks

The Dunkin' Donuts, Baskin-Robbins Community Foundation just gave $1,000,000 to help put food in backpacks for poor children to take home from school throughout...
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Gardeners Team Up to Grow 60,000 Pounds of Produce for New Mexico Food Pantries

In 2008 Leslie Davis suggested to her mother, a Master Gardener in New Mexico, that in addition to cultivating flowers for worthy causes, she...
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Muslims And Catholics Come Together For Christmas Food Drive

In a partnership built on the true spirit of giving, members of the Muslim mosque in London, Ontario decided to help boost a Catholic...
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Hilton Hotels Sharing Excess Food With Hungry Egyptians and Americans

Hilton Hotels has launched a program to collect safe, surplus food from conferences and daily restaurant operations that would otherwise be thrown away, and...
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Letter Carriers To Collect Food Across America May 8 in 18th Annual Hunger Drive

The National Association of Letter Carriers is asking everyone to leave non-perishable food items by their mailboxes on Saturday, May 8 as part of...

Beyonce Concerts Double as Food Drives

For the second year in a row Beyonce is asking her fans to bring cans of food to her concerts to help feed...
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Food Giants Plan Massive Giveaways

Two of the package food industry's biggest titans announced massive giveaways last week aimed at combating hunger. General Mills, through...
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UN Welcomes Bush’s Call for $770M in Global Food Aid

The UN World Food Program has thanked President Bush “for his urgent call to action to combat the advance of hunger among the world’s...

Beyoncé Concerts Sponsor Food Drives in Five Cities

Pop singer Beyoncé is encouraging her fans to bring non-perishable food items to a pre-concert food drive in Los Angeles on September 2, as...

Hilary Duff Collecting Canned Food Donations at Concerts

Recording artist Hilary Duff is asking fans to bring canned goods to her concerts in support of The Salvation Army and Canadian Harvest. Her...
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Canstruction Makes Creations Out of Cans and Donates the Food

Designers and architects showcase their ingenious talents while feeding the hungry during annual "Canstruction" competitions where design firms test their mettle to see who...
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Banker to the Poor Wins Nobel Prize, Reinvests Winnings

Bangladeshi Banker to the Poor, Muhammad Yunus, and his Grameen Bank are winners of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to help...

School Turns Resource-Greedy Lawn into ‘Giving Garden’ That Provides Produce to Feed the Poor

All of the produce that is grown at the Orcas Island “Giving Garden” is either used in the school cafeteria or donated to the local food bank.