purposeMay 22, 2019 1:25 pm
Value over cost: How Philadelphia is committing to better food procurement practices
The Sunlight Foundation, the Open Contracting Partnership, and the City of Philadelphia have collaborated to come up with short-term and long-term reforms to ensure food quality and allow for more inclusive input in the procurement process.
purposeMay 16, 2019 2:54 pm
How to host a summer meals site
It is the goal of anti-hunger and community organizations across the city to reach every food insecure child in Philly.
methodMar. 28, 2019 3:14 pm
Tackling food insecurity: Best practices from Bucks, Chesco, Delco and Montco
From listening to community to trauma-informed approaches, nonprofits in the suburbs diversify strategies in their fight against hunger.
methodMar. 27, 2019 4:29 pm
Making financial changes together in Montco and Delco
Habitat for Humanity, Philabundance and the Pottstown Cluster of Religious Communities are joining together to help housing and food insecure families back on their feet.
resultsFeb. 23, 2017 3:03 pm
Add this to your to-do list: Witnesses to Hunger’s powerful photo exhibit at EAT Café
The exhibit, which features photos by mothers and caregivers living in poverty, runs through March 20.
resultsFeb. 20, 2017 12:52 pm
The Food Trust is tackling the ‘chicken and egg issue’ of food access and demand
The nonprofit's recently launched Center for Healthy Food Access, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is a national, collaborative effort to increase both.
methodFeb. 3, 2017 12:58 pm
How this MontCo playhouse is addressing hunger in Pa.’s second-wealthiest county
Theatre Horizon's "Grand Concourse" opens tomorrow alongside a photo exhibit and a series of panels analyzing food insecurity in Montgomery County.
resultsNov. 16, 2016 9:25 am
Food deserts aren’t a place. They’re ‘an experience’
It's not just geographic location. Individual factors like income, disability and education also play a role. Next City reports on personal grocery habits of Philadelphians.
Jul. 6, 2016 11:22 am
Chester’s nonprofit grocer is 20% from breaking even. Here’s what they’ve learned
WHYY takes a look inside Philabundance's ambitious nonprofit grocery store, three years after Fare and Square opened.
methodJan. 5, 2016 8:00 am
This startup delivers surplus restaurant food to homeless shelters
The Food Connect Group delivers unused food from restaurants and caterers to shelters. First, they had to learn to wrestle with food donor liability.
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