Feeding America

We're excited to announce that Feeding America CEO Claire Babineaux-Fontenot is speaking at the Global Black Economic Forum - Essence Fest. They will discuss solutions that advance the future of work, wealth, health, and democracy. Join the conversation at the Convention Center and stream it live at essence.com and gbef.com. #GlobalBlackEconomicForum #GBEFHQ #ESSENCEFest #ESSENCEFest30

Feeding America is happy to announce updates to our National Board of Directors! Beginning July 1st, Shawn O'Grady will begin his two-year elected term as the board chair. Along with our new chair, Julie L. Butner M.S., R.D./L.D., president and CEO of the Tarrant Area Food Bank, Kofi Bruce, General Mills chief financial officer, and Rita Carreón, vice president for health at UnidosUS will also begin their two-year terms. “I am honored to be elected chair by my dedicated board colleagues and am energized to serve alongside them in the movement to end hunger,” said O’Grady. “This movement can succeed when people facing hunger are at its heart. Together with Feeding America, the public, policymakers, and the private sector, we are capable of achieving a food-secure future for everyone.” Read more here: bit.ly/4ceo8b4

Feeding America is the nation’s largest food rescue and hunger relief organization with roots stretching back to the 1960s. Today, the organization helps rescue nearly 4 billion pounds of nutritious food annually that would have otherwise gone to waste, but we want to do more. We're calling on everyone to join the Food Rescue Challenge -- an opportunity for individuals, companies (like our partners at General Mills, Starbucks, and Gary and Barbara Rodkin), and communities to come together to make a significant impact on reducing hunger and helping the planet. Together, we can prevent an additional 1 billion pounds of good food from being wasted and in turn, help people facing hunger. By rescuing more good food from going to waste, we not only help millions of people put food on the table, we also reduce the environmental impact generated by harmful greenhouse gases via landfilled food waste. Every donation, share, like and mention helps us to reach this important milestone in the movement to end hunger... will you join us? #FoodRescue 🍊 Learn more here ➡ bit.ly/3VX5Sxp

In America, over 80 million tons of food gets wasted every year. Feeding America has a way to rescue food going to waste, and we work with industry partners across the country to keep good food out of landfills. MealConnect helps farmers and grocers with surplus food connect with food banks, food pantries, and food distribution partners to serve neighbors in your community. Learn more about how technology like MealConnect is helping to #EndHunger here: mealconnect.org/

As we work to catalyze the movement to end hunger, it’s vital that neighbors with lived or living experience with food insecurity lead. This month, Feeding America hosted the 2024 Elevating Voices: Power Summit in Washington, D.C., welcoming nearly 50 neighbor-advocates nominated by food banks across the country. Already changemakers in their local communities, these participants fueled their future work through advocacy training sessions, conversations with decision-makers and networking to build connections. #Advocacy #ElevatingVoices #EndHunger

Feeding America is beyond proud to join a new coalition raising awareness of the SUN Bucks program, the USDA's new Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer program that provides grocery benefits to eligible families with school-aged children during the summer months when schools are closed. Gathered Albertsons Companies Foundation, hunger relief and health groups including the Food Research & Action Center, Gift Card Bank, Hunger Free America, No Kid Hungry, Partnership for a Healthier America, WhyHunger, and mRelief have joined up to help boost participation in this vital food security program. Click here to learn more: www.summerebt.org 🍎

Federal programs like The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) help close meal gaps for our neighbors facing hunger—and we have a chance to strengthen these critical programs now. 🖊️ Ask Congress to pass a strong, bipartisan farm bill to help people facing hunger access the food we all need to thrive: https://bit.ly/4bNFJXf 🧡 Share this post to help fuel the movement to end hunger!

As we celebrate #PrideMonth this June Feeding America's CEO Claire Babineaux-Fontenot had the opportunity to sit down with Care for Real's Executive Director, Gregory Gross. Care for Real is a non-profit in Chicago that aims to foster a healthy and equitable community by helping neighbors and families overcome food insecurity with dignity. Watch as Claire and Gregory discuss three questions on food insecurity, the LGBTQIA2S+ community, and what gives Gregory hope in his work and mission to #endhunger.

Celebrating the 10th anniversary of Nourishing Neighbors, a program of Albertsons Companies Foundation, which supports Feeding America to help kids, seniors, and families access the food they need to thrive. Thanks to our Visionary Partner, Albertson's, for their partnership and support of our neighbors facing food insecurity. #nourishingneighbors10

Feeding America CEO Claire Babineaux-Fontenot and Banco de Alimentos de Puerto Rico Executive Director Mari Jo Laborde participated in a roundtable with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries yesterday to discuss food insecurity both in Puerto Rico and across the United States. The roundtable was held at the food bank and included leaders from Puerto Rican government agencies, nonprofit organizations and people with lived experience. In 2023, Leader Jeffries established the Task Force on Agriculture and Nutrition in the 21st Century to better understand the intersection of agriculture and nutrition and support a strong farm bill that invests in farm and nutrition programs. Food banks cannot help our neighbors facing hunger without the partnership of farmers, producers, growers and retailers—all are integral to our nation's food system. We look forward to Congress passing a strong, bipartisan farm bill that helps farmers and people facing hunger.