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Let's Talk About Mental Health: Community solutions to moving beyond the scarcity trap

Shannon Steele

October 28, 2022 |

Explore Big Sky |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Big Sky, Montana

Big Sky Community Food Bank and Food Resource Center provides easy access to food and resources to people in need. People are encouraged to use the resources as a strategy to make their household budget go further and provide a sense of security. This helps prevent feelings of constant stress and insecurity around basic needs, which can lead to a scarcity mindset and be detrimental to mental health.

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Oasis in the Desert: Walker River Paiute Tribe Builds Food Pantry

Jan Pytalski

August 03, 2022 |

The Daily Yonder |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Schurz, Nevada

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic making access to groceries more difficult, The Walker River Paiute Tribe created a food pantry to support members of the tribe and local farmers. The food pantry has since become the largest in the state, by volume of distributed food, having distributed about 6,500 bags of food to over 355 households.

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Feeding Richmond: How community fridges tackle food insecurity

R.M. Carkuff

May 19, 2022 |

WTVR-TV |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Richmond, Virginia

The RVA Community Fridges addresses the issue of food insecurity by setting up household or industrial refrigerators outside of a host business, like a restaurant, non-profit or church. Anyone can swing by a fridge and take whatever they need or leave whatever they can. To fill the fridges, community members, local businesses, and other organizations donate purchased or cooked food.

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University Students Repurpose Food Waste to Address Food Insecurity

Anna Hughes

April 20, 2022 |

Grady Newsource |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

The UGA Garden works with Trader Joe’s to gather viable produce the grocery chain gets rid of each Sunday. Student workers go through the food each week, compost what has gone bad, and use the rest to make meals for those in need. The organizations has gathered over 330,000 pounds of food so far and deliver over 700 meals per month.

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Athens Foodbank Fights Food Insecurity

Anna Hughes

April 20, 2022 |

Grady Newsource |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

The City of Refuge food bank supplies food and groceries to locals in need through mobile drives, school drop-offs and community deliveries each week. The food bank has about 60 volunteers who come in weekly to package about 250 boxes of food for local residents.

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Community Refrigerators Combat Food Insecurity in Athens, GA

Kayla Green Elle Jacobsson

April 18, 2022 |

Grady Newsource |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

Athens Community Fridge works to combat food insecurity by installing stocked community refrigerators available to the public anytime they need it. Community Fridges help combat the stigma surrounding food insecurity by allowing those in need to access food independently without going to traditional food banks.

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How Nourish New York Is Still Feeding NYC

Jake Price

March 29, 2022 |

Civil Eats |

Photojournalism |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York

Nourish New York connects small farmers to food pantries to bring fresh, healthy, and culturally-relevant food to those in need in response to the food distribution crisis caused by the pandemic. Though it was never intended to be permanent, the organization’s existence has since been signed into law and its budget has doubled to $50 million and it has become a reliable source of food throughout the state.

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On-campus food pantry tries to keep up with demand

Katherine Arroyo Sergio Gutierrez

March 29, 2022 |

el Don |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Santa Ana, California

The Fainbarg-Chase Thrive Center food pantry provides Santa Ana College students with a daily snack and one free bag of groceries per week. The food pantry sees about 80 to 90 students daily and offers monthly cooking demos over Zoom.

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Food waste? There's an app for that.

Christina Griffith

February 09, 2022 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Food Connect is a nonprofit that acts as a middleman between businesses with edible food waste and people battling food insecurity. From donations to delivery, the whole process is streamlined through an app.

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'This isn't false hope, this is real hope.' Oakland community groups meet growing food need during pandemic

MJ Johnson Michael Slaten

December 16, 2021 |

Oakland North |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

Homies Empowerment expanded from a youth development organization to provide families with free groceries and other essentials during the pandemic. Their Freedom Store serves about 450 families each week and the organization works with families to understand their specific needs so that they can provide the food and essential goods they need.

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