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Young Grad Leaves Wall Street to Rescue Food For Those in Need
Robert Lee really, really hates to see food go to waste.
That’s why he left his finance job at J.P Morgan to rescue leftover food...
POWWOW Diverts 30 Million Pounds of Produce Annually From Landfill to Food Banks
About four billion dollars worth of produce is imported from Mexico every year at the border of Nogales, Arizona, for distribution around the U.S....
900 Lbs of Fruit Gleaned by Volunteers for Calif Food Pantry
Volunteers for the California-based Village Harvest picked more than 900 pounds of persimmons to give to people who might not have the money to...
Homeless Man Wants More Than Food on Thanksgiving, He Wants a Family – and Places an Ad
A deluge of love and compassion has reached a 54-year-old homeless man who had the courage to put into action the Christian tenet, "Ask,...
Homeless Are Cleaning Up Downtown as Part of New Program
For Marcellous McDonald trash collection is much more than helping keep the city clean. The former high school peer counselor who has been living...
Oyster Shell Recycling Program Opens for New Orleans Restaurants
"After you shuck ‘em, don’t just chuck ‘em," is the motto for a new oyster recycling program which aims to help restore Louisiana's Gulf...
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...
US Gives More Healthy Food Choices to Women, Infants and Children on WIC
Some 9 million poor women and young children who receive federal food assistance under the U.S. government's so-called WIC program will have greater access...
Prison Gardens Help Inmates Grow Their Own Food — And Skills
A vibrant movement of prison vegetable gardens is spreading across the country that provides inmates with satisfying work, marketable skills and fresh food to...
NYC Programmer Offers to Teach Bright Homeless Guy to Code
Every day on his way to work Patrick McConlogue passes a young man who lives on the streets -- a guy whose eyes still...
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...
UK Contribution Provides Syrians With Lifeline of Food
Amid mounting concern about the deepening suffering caused by conflict in Syria, the United Nations World Food Program last week welcomed a generous contribution...
Food Sharing Cooperatives Offer Home Cooked Meals for Busy People
Now people can enjoy a delicious meal cooked with love and care without having to prepare it. Mealku is a combination of multi-family picnic...
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...
Boulder Cyclists Rescue Food Via Bikes, Donate 170K Pounds to Hungry
Over the past year a group of cyclists in Boulder, Colorado have rescued 170,000 pounds of food that would otherwise be thrown out, transporting...
Disney to Scrap Junk Food Ads on its TV Channels and Website
Michelle Obama joined Disney executives today to announce an unprecedented move in the battle against childhood obesity. The media company will eliminate the advertising...
Does Food Dye Make Kids Hyperactive? FDA Panel Investigates Evidence
Doctors and consumer advocates have long argued over whether hyperactivity might be tied to certain dyes and additives used in processed foods. In a...
PepsiCo Unveils World’s First 100% Renewable Food-Based PET Bottle
PepsiCo this week unveiled the world's first PET plastic bottle made entirely from plant-based, fully renewable resources, enabling the company to manufacture a beverage...
Government Extends Growing Season for Thousands of Organic Farmers, Providing Local Food Throughout Winter
Farmers, like Earl and Clarisse Snell of Alabama, can still grow summer squash and tomatoes as if it were summer, thanks to their new...
Brazil’s Successful Social Program: Pay the Poor
In the past seven years, the income of poor Brazilians has surged as the number of those in poverty has fallen from 22 percent...