[Video] Cultivating Synergies for Systems Change

Presentation by Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellow Jazmyne Brooks as part of the briefing “The State of U.S. Hunger 2023” on Wednesday, February 15, 2023. Jazmyne was part of the 29th Class of Emerson Fellows and was placed with the … Read more

Cultivating Synergies for Systems Change: Examining Hub Models as a Pathway to Building Resilient Communities

The Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio is a regional nonprofit committed to fighting hunger. While food assistance is at the core of Second Harvest’s mission, the organization also commits to addressing the root causes of hunger. This … Read more

Increasing Community Autonomy and Reducing Food Access Barriers in Rural Tennessee

Special thanks to Tyson Foods, Inc. for their support of Emma’s placement at Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee.

Ensuring a Dignified Experience at Emergency Food Programs: Why and How

Ensuring a Dignified Experience: Why and How is a handbook for staff, board, volunteers, members and clients of emergency food programs with best practices for addressing the root causes of hunger, ensuring dignified programmatic operations and personal interactions, and working … Read more

The Harvest Process: Maximizing Local Food Infrastructure to Benefit the Charitable Food System in Vermont

The Harvest Process catalogues case studies of processing projects within charitable food organizations around the country. Nora synthesized the information from the case studies and identified recommendations for the Vermont Foodbank to construct a financially viable model to preserve agricultural … Read more

Closing the Gap: Enhancing the Client Experience at Food Banks

Closing the Gap: Enhancing the Client Experience at Food Banks is a toolkit that provides best practices and recommendations to help Food Banks in Arizona ensure their programs and services are inclusive, welcoming and accessible to underserved communities, with a focus … Read more

Farmers’ Markets Fighting Hunger: Lessons from the Farmers’ Market and Community Food Consignment Program of the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona

Farmers’ Markets Fighting Hunger: Lessons from the Farmers’ Market and Community Food Consignment Program of the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona discusses the role of farmers’ markets in food bank programming and anti-hunger work. The report gives special attention … Read more

The Charitable Food Assistance System: The Sector’s Role in Ending Hunger in America

On March 31, 2004 The UPS Foundation and the Congressional Hunger Center hosted a National Hunger Forum at The Keck Center of the National Academies in Washington, D.C.  Content area experts researched and wrote white papers for review and discussion … Read more

Additional Sources of Nutritious, Affordable Food

As part of the 2005  Food as Medicine Campaign supported by The UPS Foundation, CHC worked in partnership with the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC), Feeding America, the Community Food Security Coalition, and the Association of Nutrition Services Agencies … Read more

Advancing Equity within the Emergency Food Provider Network in Maricopa County

Advancing Equity within the Emergency Food Provider Network in Maricopa County examines barriers to accessing emergency food programs in Latino communities in Maricopa County. It contains a synthesis of community interviews, a geographic analysis of food bank and pantry locations … Read more

Give Ohio a Boost: Promote the Earned Income Tax Credit

Give Ohio a Boost: Promote the Earned Income Tax Credit is a training guide for advocates and direct service providers to promote the Earned Income Tax Credit to their clients.

National Analysis of Ohio’s Second Harvest Food Banks

National Analysis of Ohio’s Second Harvest Food Banks includes a PowerPoint presentation and accompanying guide analyzing the nutritional content of donations to Ohio’s Foodbanks.