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Did Taylor Swift Create a New Era for Food Bank Donations?

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Yet food bank operators say the donations have provided only temporary relief. By Stephanie Beasley Courtesy of Channel One Food Bank At Channel One Regional Food Bank of Minnesota, it usually costs about $8 million a year to keep shelves stocked with enough food to support roughly 300,000 visits from people in 14 counties.

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The Teen Climate Activist Who Turned Her Food-Waste Science Project Into a Foundation

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Stephanie Beasley L’Oreal Paris USA Shrusti Amula, right, with COO Vayun Amula, assemble emergency food packages at Rise N Shine, an organization that Shrusti founded to reduce food waste through composting and food-recovery.

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Newman’s Own Foundation Announces Inaugural Food Justice for Kids Prize

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Newman's Own Foundation opened applications for the inaugural Food Justice for Kids Prize to support organizations fighting food injustice.

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New Careit Food Rescue App Launches Nationwide

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Careit, a Los Angeles-based free food donation and rescue app that connects businesses to nonprofits to combat hunger, is now available nationwide in all 50 states.

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Greater Chicago Food Depository implements StratusLIVE

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The Greater Chicago Food Depository has implemented StratusLIVE 365 CRM to refine their fundraising operations and deepen donor insights. Learn more about StratusLIVE’s recent success with the Food Depository and how they seek to drive digital maturity.

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Rockefeller Foundation Pledges $80 Million to Continue Its Food Is Medicine Programs

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Afriyie/AP The Food Is Medicine program targets diet-related diseases, such as diabetes. Also, two real-estate development companies donated $20 million worth of land in Utah to the Huntsman Cancer Institute, and the Ballmer Group has given $15 million to reduce greenhouse gas emissions owing to food waste.

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Federal Food Assistance Cuts Should Spur Charities to Rethink How They Feed Families

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Dion Dawson Last week’s debt deal and the recent end to pandemic era food programs have left many charities worried about how to feed everyone seeking help. Instead, they should adopt approaches that ensure healthy food is always available to all who need it — regardless of congressional actions.

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