Philadelphia has a number of well-established programs tasked with alleviating food insecurity that have stepped up their efforts to adapt to the additional needs precipitated by the coronavirus pandemic.

“The context for why there are food access gaps is really different between rural Alaska and the west side of Chicago, but HFFI is a very flexible tool.” says program director Molly Hartman.

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.

Baltimore social enterprise Hungry Harvest has officially launched in Philly, but its partnership with Philabundance here is a deviation from its original model.

In the 1980s, the Catholic Worker turned an abandoned lot into a community garden. Now, that garden is being threatened by development.

After fishing $100,000 out of ABC's Shark Tank, Hungry Harvest has expanded to Philadelphia. The company employs a buy-one-give-one model to tackle food deserts.

Next week, on Wednesday, May 6, Generocity and the St. Christopher’s Foundation for Children will host a Twitter Chat from noon to 1 p.m. The twitter chat follows St. Christopher Foundation for Children’s annual #FreshRx conference held on April 29, which focused around bringing together the foremost researchers, policy change advocates, strategic thinkers and practitioners […]