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Major cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – or SNAP – are taking effect as a result of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that President Donald Trump signed into law last year, with an estimated 650,000 Californians are at risk of losing food assistance benefits. Food banks in the Bay Area, which have been serving people at historic rates since the pandemic, are now bracing for impact. Links: Callout: Share your story about San Francisco's rental market! California Food Banks Brace for Slow-Moving Avalanche of SNAP Cuts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Episode #1430: Chris joins the show today to talk about how Chapman Ford of Horsham filled up their local food bank with half a ton of food, plus how no one knows how to love unless they've been shown.
The church's partnership with the Food Bank should be reinstated immediately to avoid further constitutional and statutory violations. Constitutional expert, lawyer, author, pastor, and founder of Liberty Counsel Mat Staver discusses the important topics of the day with co-hosts and guests that impact life, liberty, and family. To stay informed and get involved, visit LC.org
Foodbank Victoria chief executive Dave McNamara joined Ross Stevenson and Russel Howcroft to talk about it's schools breakfast club program which has delivered over 65 million breakfasts for kids.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The All Local Afternoon Update for Friday, August 14th, 2026
Leon Ballin, Place-based Food System Manager at the Food Foundation is joined by a panel of experts to explore household food insecurity.Andrew Forsey, National Director of Feeding Britain, Penny Walters, Food Ambassador at the Food Foundation, Susanne Jaspers, Senior Research Fellow with the SOAS Food Studies Center and Elaine Morgan, the Principal for Strategy Reform at the Greater Manchester Combined Authority debate the question of whether the government's commitment to ending mass dependence on emergency food parcels can be achieved through change in local food support systems. Click here for the Food Foundation newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Today - The Douglas Area Food Bank is serving the community once again after a year-and-a-half closure, with new leadership, renewed partnerships and volunteers working to make food assistance easier to access.Support the show: https://www.myheraldreview.com/site/forms/subscription_services/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
EDITOR'S NOTE 8/8/26: At recording time, SF Bay Ferry had expected to resume Oakland Alameda Water Shuttle (Woodstock) service on Friday 8/7. Friday afternoon, it was announced that service would be suspended until further notice, with their website stating no service through the weekend.In Episode 214, Scott Piehler's topics include: The November ballot is just about set. Changes at the Board of Education. Get to know our new City Manager. APD again proves that suspects are not the most detail-oriented lot. Woodstock takes a couple of unexpected days off. The latest real estate sales. New and returning businesses. Events for the final weekend before Back to School. Be informed before you hit the water, and the Food Bank could use a hand. Support the show• AlamedaPost.com • Podcast • Events • Contact •• Facebook • Instagram • Threads • BlueSky • Reddit • Mastodon • NextDoor • TikTok • YouTube • Apple News •
We hear from Jerry Brown from St. Mary's Food Bank on a nearly 20 year old fundraiser with canned goods.
Food insecurity is a problem that impacts many of our community members. Thankfully we have multiple organizations that work to ensure no one in our community is forced to go hungry.Representatives from two of those organizations, KidsPak and the Food Bank of Larimer County, join us to talk about how they address food insecurity, what to do if you're experiencing food insecurity, and what to do if you're in a position to help.
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In this episode of Food for Thought Leadership, Chris Campbell, Vice President of Content and Insights at The Food Institute, speaks with Joe Slater, President and CEO of Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana, about the changing realities of food insecurity and how food banks are evolving to meet growing demand. Slater explains that today's food-insecure population increasingly consists of working adults holding one or more jobs, as rising living costs outpace wages and changes to federal assistance programs leave many households with few options. He also discusses why healthy foods, including fresh produce, protein, milk and eggs, have become the most sought-after items among families seeking assistance. The conversation also explores how Gleaners has transformed beyond the traditional food bank model by building earned-revenue businesses in wholesale produce distribution, protein processing, co-packing, kitting and logistics. Slater explains how advances in supply chain efficiency, automation and AI have dramatically reduced excess food donations, forcing food banks to become smarter purchasers rather than relying primarily on surplus inventory. He closes by encouraging stronger partnerships between the food industry and charitable organizations, arguing that sharing data, technology and operational expertise will be just as important as food donations in addressing future food insecurity. More about Joe Slater: Joe Slater serves as Chief Operating Officer for Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana, where he oversees operations and strategic initiatives that support the organization's mission of leading the fight against hunger. With more than two decades of experience in supply chain management, food sourcing, and nonprofit leadership, Joe has helped drive innovative programs and partnerships that increase access to nutritious food while strengthening collaboration across the Feeding America network. Under his leadership, Gleaners and its social enterprise, Fresh Connect Central, have become national leaders in collaborative sourcing, protein repacking, and creative distribution solutions that maximize resources and expand impact. More about Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana & Fresh Connect Central: Founded in 1980, Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana serves 21 counties across central and southeastern Indiana through a network of more than 300 community partners and direct service programs. To further extend its impact beyond Indiana, Gleaners launched Fresh Connect Central (FCC), a social enterprise focused on collaborative food sourcing and supply chain solutions for hunger relief organizations. Today, FCC partners with more than 150 food banks and organizations across 46 states and Puerto Rico, moving tens of millions of pounds of food annually through sourcing, repacking, and logistics solutions. Together, Gleaners and Fresh Connect Central are leveraging innovation and strategic partnerships to maximize resources, strengthen the Feeding America network, and create greater access to nutritious food for communities nationwide. Learn more: https://www.gleaners.org/
As fuel prices rise due to the Iran war, so does the cost of everything else. The grocery store is often where families feel the financial pinch first. That's because it costs more to ship food across the country. Food banks are also facing higher costs and increasing demand.
Join host Mike Chmielewski and his guest, Fred Becker V, Executive Director of the Mat-Su Food Bank. Fred is the recipient of the 2026 Bert Hall Award. Listen in as he describes his work at the Mat-Su Food Bank. Fred Becker is awarded the 2026 Bert Hall Award Fred Becker was presented this year’s Bert […]
Foodbank Victoria COO Katie Fisher joined Tom Elliott to talk about Foodbank’s food sourcing, food distribution, work to rescue fruit and veg at the farmgate.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ballarat Foodbank Community Food Centre Manager Kat Gibbs joined Tom Elliott to discuss the importance of Foodbank in regional Victoria.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Broadcasting live from the Foodbank Victoria Altona warehouse, Foodbank Victoria CEO Dave McNamara joined Ross Stevenson and Russel Howcroft to talk about the incredible work Foodbank Victoria does across the state.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In today's show, Mark tunes in to Senator Chuck Grassley's weekly ag conference call, Riley visits with Food Bank of Iowa CEO Tami Nielsen about the latest Map the Meal Gap study, and Dustin starts off his monthly chat with Iowa Ag Secretary Mike Naig.
Steve Dennis and Michael LeBlanc open episode 308 with a check on Steve's number one prediction for 2026 — uncertainty reigns supreme — and it's holding up. The flat 10% global tariff is gone, replaced by a 10–12.5% range on nearly all U.S. imports, with steeper rates for Canada and Brazil. The new forced-labor justification behind the increases strikes Steve and Michael as ridiculous and unlikely to survive a court challenge. The retail numbers look better than the tariff logic. June retail sales rose 5.7% year over year, led by sporting goods (a World Cup bump) and electronics. Grocery managed just 1%. Steve walks through why: dollars flat, units falling, prices 33% above pre-COVID levels, food bank use climbing on both sides of the border. Albertsons is the clearest case — sales nearly flat, guidance cut, stock down 20% in a day. Then, recorded live in the pop-up studio at the CommerceNext Growth Show in New York, Ulta Beauty Chief Retail Officer Amiee Bayer-Thomas argues stores are queen. Thirty years into a career she calls a lattice rather than a ladder — seven roles at Ulta alone, including chief supply chain officer through 2020 — she now owns everything from site selection and store design to services, asset protection, eventing, and the omni guest journey. Stores, she says, are experiential hubs delivering "beautytainment" through 60,000 associates across 1,500 locations. The numbers: 47 million loyalty members, 95% of whom shopped in-store last year. A NielsenIQ study of Gen Alpha found the most AI-engaged shoppers still pick stores over apps, 57% versus 36%. Amiee's take on AI: it's an "and," not an "or." Technology can flag a replenishment; only an associate reads the confusion on a guest's face in the skincare aisle. Omni guests visit and spend three times more. She previews a Times Square flagship alongside outlet and small-format stores, plus an eventing calendar headed toward 140,000 events this year. In the news, Wayfair is expanding its store footprint. Shein is heading toward a Hong Kong listing at roughly half its 2022 valuation. Also on the radar: fuel costs rising again as back-to-school and holiday approach, and U.S. population growth of 0.25% turning retail into a fight over share. About UsSteve Dennis is a strategic advisor and keynote speaker focused on growth and innovation, who has also been named one of the world's top retail influencers. He is the bestselling author of two books: Leaders Leap: Transforming Your Company at the Speed of Disruption and Remarkable Retail: How To Win & Keep Customers in the Age of Disruption. Steve regularly shares his insights in his role as a Forbes senior retail contributor and on social media.Michael LeBlanc is a senior retail advisor, keynote speaker and media entrepreneur. Michael has delivered keynotes, hosted fire-side discussions hosted senior retail executive on-stage in 1:1 interviews worldwide. Michael produces and hosts a network of leading retail trade podcasts, including The Remarkable Retail Podcast, The Voice of Retail, The Food Professor, The FEED powered by Loblaw and the Global eCommerce Leaders podcast. He has been recognized by the NRF as a global Top Retail Voice for 2025 and 2026 and continues to be a ReThink Retail Top Retail Expert for the fifth year in a row.
With food costs on the up, a national programme to get hunters donating game to local food banks is hitting the mark. Game Changer NZ is helping hunters connect with butchers so they can safely share their kills with those in need. Wayne Langford is the founder of Wild Game Recovery Trust and spoke to Corin Dann.
To ensure a bumper citrus harvest doesn't go to waste, the local Lions club and others have a community drive to collect the fruit.
The New Hampshire Food Bank is the only food bank in the state. Operating as a program of Catholic Charities New Hampshire, it distributes millions of pounds of food annually to more than 400 partner agencies—including food pantries, soup kitchens, and homeless shelters—across all 10 New Hampshire counties. That is only the beginning of what they are doing to help NH communities. I hope you check out this episode to learn more about the important work they are doing as well as the growing need across the state. I speak to their Executive Director, Elsy Cipriani.For more information, please visit https://nhfoodbank.org/ orhttps://www.facebook.com/nhfoodbankFor more on the Dose of Good Podcast, visithttps://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61552349588905https://www.instagram.com/dose_of_good_podcast/https://www.tiktok.com/@doseofgoodpodcasthttps://www.youtube.com/@DoseOfGoodPodcastYou can also email doseofgoodpodcast@gmail.com
#992 Trellus started as a marketplace meant to save mom-and-pop shops from Amazon — then the market spoke, and founder Adam Haber listened. In part 1 of this two-part episode, Adam, co-founder and CEO of Trellus, joins Millionaire University to share how his company pivoted from a same-day local marketplace into a same-day regional delivery service for heavier, more sensitive parcels — now focused on three unexpected verticals: wineries, direct-to-consumer ranchers, and food banks. Adam opens up about the humbling process of abandoning an idea he was emotionally attached to, why "what people say and what they do are two different things," and how his team built a driver network that pays living wages and earns real loyalty. He also dives into his philosophy on giving back, his "10-20-30-40" model for balancing charity, employees, investors, and growth, and why chasing endless wealth without purpose leads nowhere! What we discuss with Adam: + Trellus's pivot from marketplace to regional delivery + Serving wineries, ranchers, and food banks + Why the original marketplace idea failed + How Trellus vets and pays drivers + Comparing Trellus to DoorDash and UPS + The meaning behind the "Trellus" name + Adam's "10-20-30-40" giving-back model + The Peter Luger's Theory of wealth + Adam's background as a commodity trader + Embracing pivots as an entrepreneur Thank you, Adam! Check out Part 2 of this episode. Check out Trellus at ByTrellus.com/Delivery. Follow Adam on LinkedIn. Watch the video podcast of this episode! To get access to our FREE Business Training course go to MillionaireUniversity.com/training. To get exclusive offers mentioned in this episode and to support the show, visit millionaireuniversity.com/sponsors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#993 Capital, capital, and capital — that's what Adam Haber says it takes to build a business, and in part 2 of this two-part episode, he doesn't hold back on the hard truths. Adam, co-founder and CEO of Trellus, returns to Millionaire University to talk AI's role in logistics-heavy businesses, why he believes the market will eventually narrow to just a few dominant AI players (much like the auto industry and dot-com boom before it), and how to know when — and where — to expand to a new location. He shares his hiring philosophy of prioritizing kindness over resume lines, why he refuses to keep a toxic employee around no matter how hard it is to let them go, and the real story behind Trellus almost shutting down before finally finding its footing. Adam closes with the one question he wishes more interviewers would ask founders: what was your biggest setback, and how did you handle it? What we discuss with Adam: + AI as a tool, not a replacement + Predicted AI market consolidation + Lessons from the dot-com boom + When to expand to new locations + Asset-light vs. asset-heavy expansion + Delegating and trusting partners + Why toxic employees must go fast + Hiring for kindness over resume + Acquiring early customer evangelists + Capital as the top startup priority Thank you, Adam! Check out Part 1 of this episode. Check out Trellus at ByTrellus.com/Delivery. Follow Adam on LinkedIn. Watch the video podcast of this episode! To get access to our FREE Business Training course go to MillionaireUniversity.com/training. To get exclusive offers mentioned in this episode and to support the show, visit millionaireuniversity.com/sponsors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A church that changes its city is a church that carries the heart of Jesus, and answers the prayer of Jesus. On this Food Bank Sunday, Pastor Michael shows us how being the hands and feet of Jesus in our community fulfills our call to reach the least, the last, and the lost.
07/13/26: Joel Heitkamp is joined in the KFGO studio by the CEO of the Great Plains Food Bank, Ann Prifrel. Ann brings more than a decade of executive leadership experience in hunger relief, nonprofit management, and large-scale fundraising. (Joel Heitkamp is a talk show host on the Mighty 790 KFGO in Fargo-Moorhead. His award-winning program, “News & Views,” can be heard weekdays from 8 – 11 a.m. Follow Joel on X/Twitter @JoelKFGO.)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
From birthday celebrations for America's 250th anniversary to international travel adventures without ever leaving town, the Leighton Public Library and Civic Center is redefining what a community library can be. On tonight's special on-location edition of The Mark White Show, I sit down with Library Director Miranda Ball and Children's Coordinator Charlotte Goodman to talk about inspiring children to read, serving families through innovative programs, partnering with the Food Bank of North Alabama, preserving local history, and creating a place where everyone feels welcome. Their passion for helping others is evident in everything they do, from summer reading adventures and educational activities to assisting residents with job applications, housing paperwork, and everyday needs. It's a conversation about service, community, and the power of people working together to make a lasting difference. Real stories. Real people. Real impact. News That Unites!™️
The unemployment rate in Yuma County is in the double digits – higher than the rest of the state. The head of a food bank there on what that means for residents. Plus, we meet a local art collector who has traveled all over Mexico in search of rare ceramics.
Jerry Brown joined Bruce & Gaydos to announce the total number of donations made to the Outspoken Against Hunger campaign, benefitting St. Mary's Food Bank!
Bruce & Gaydos share the total number of donations raised for St. Mary's Food Bank from the Outspoken Against Hunger campaign!
Welcome to the NYS AHPERD A-Z Health and PE Podcast. In today's episode we are hosting two PETE scholars from our Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) PETE programs. Our first guest is Dr. Stacey Imagbe, an Assistant Professor at Morehouse College. Dr. Stacy Imagbe is an Assistant Professor of Kinesiology at Morehouse College, a Historically Black College and University in Atlanta, Georgia. She earned her Ph.D. in Kinesiology from Louisiana State University, with a specialization in pedagogy and psychological sciences, grounding her work at the intersection of teaching, learning, and human performance.Dr. Imagbe brings a powerful blend of scholarly expertise and lived experience to her work. Her research agenda centers on optimizing physical activity opportunities and promoting lifelong physical activity and fitness among minoritized populations through culturally relevant pedagogy (CRP). In addition, she designs and facilitates CRP-focused professional development experiences that support educators in creating inclusive, affirming, and effective learning environments.Dr. Imagbe is an active member of SHAPE America's Professional Preparation Council and currently serving as General Vice President–Elect for Georgia AHPERD. Through these partnerships, she advances parity, student success, and equitable access to high-quality, culturally responsive physical activity opportunities for all learners. She is also the 2026 recipient of the Leroy T. Walker Young Professional Award.Our next guest is Dr. Kacey Hopson is a Professor of Kinesiology in the Department of Health and Human Studies at Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) in Elizabeth City, NC. ECSU is a member of the University of North Carolina System. Dr. Hopson is a proud graduate of West Virginia University. Dr. Hopson is focused on improving health and academic achievement in college courses through Action Based Learning techniques, including the use of kinesthetic desks. Dr. Hopson's other focus is helping college students learn to cook healthy food on a budget. Her Move Smart – Cook Smart program provides transportation for students to the Food Bank of the Albemarle's teaching kitchen each week for a healthy cooking lesson and the opportunity to take home free groceries. Additionally, Dr. Hopson and her colleagues published an Open Educational Resource (OER) in 2026, in OER Commons, to help undergraduate students understand the research process, The Basics: A Guide to Student Health and Wellness Research Success.
All month long, Bruce & Gaydos at Outspoken Against Hunger, raising money for St. Mary's Food Bank. Text FOOD to 620620. Just $1 can provide five meals for families in need. Together, we can change lives!
Jason Eisenberg joined Bruce & Gaydos to announce a donation from the Thunderbirds to Outspoken Against Hunger benefitting St. Mary's Food Bank.
Milt Liu joined Bruce & Gaydos to discuss Outspoken Against Hunger, a fundraiser benefitting St. Mary's Food Bank. Text FOOD to 620620 and help us donate a million meals to our neighbors in need!
A former high-level city employee is accused of faking paperwork to scam the Foodbank. Details on his alleged scheme. An invasive pest that comes with a nasty sting. These nettle caterpillars are now being spotted. A busy week for online shoppers, as Amazon launches Prime Day deals. We'll look at how the other retailers are responding, and how you can save. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jerry Brown joined Bruce & Gaydos to discuss Outspoken Against Hunger, a fundraiser benefitting St. Mary's Food Bank. Just $1 can provide five meals for families in need. Text FOOD to 620620, and together we can change lives!
Jen Newmeyer, CFRE is senior director of digital fundraising strategy at PBS, founder of CharityJen, author of Digital Fundraising Transformation, and recipient of the 2026 AFP/Skystone Partners Prize for Research on Fundraising and Philanthropy. Jen has spent more than 20 years helping nonprofits modernize fundraising programs, strengthen donor engagement, grow audiences, and build more sustainable strategies for the digital age. At PBS, she leads national digital fundraising strategy and transformation efforts supporting more than 150 member stations across the country. Before joining PBS, Jen directed digital membership at WHYY, led integrated fundraising at PBS North Carolina, and built the first comprehensive digital fundraising and engagement program at the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina, where online revenue grew from $150,000 to more than $1 million annually. She has raised more than $10 million online, managed multimillion-dollar budgets, led teams, presented nationwide, served on three AFP chapter boards, launched a podcast, published a newsletter, and written two books on digital fundraising transformation. Recorded live in the Exchange at AFP ICON 2026, this conversation explores Jen's path into fundraising, why digital strategy still lags, and how nonprofits can build more integrated, experimental, and resilient fundraising programs.
Bruce & Gayle Bass share stories of why St. Mary's Food Bank is a valuable lifeline for many people in the community.
Host of Outspoken with Bruce and Gaydos, Larry Gaydos, joins Arizona’s Morning News to talk about outspoken against hunger and St. Mary’s Food Bank.
Steve Anderson joined Bruce & Gaydos to explain how you can volunteer at St. Mary's Food Bank and why it can change lives for your community. Text FOOD to 620620 to be Outspoken Against Hunger.
The federal poverty line for a family of four in America is $33,000 a year. In Virginia, a single person needs to earn more than $50,000 just to meet their basic needs. On this episode of The Valley Today, host Janet Michael welcomes back Les Sinclair, Communications and PR Manager at the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank, for a candid conversation about why hunger and unemployment have "decoupled" since the pandemic — and why the people now showing up at food pantries are increasingly working, employed, and earning more than the federal poverty level. Les walks through the MIT Living Wage Calculator and what it really costs to live in places like Winchester versus Warren County, the math that makes a $3 donation worth nine meals, and the stories behind the statistics — including a bus driver who was living in her truck and saved enough through a mobile food pantry to put a down payment on an apartment, and the HVAC family that sold their kitchen table to buy food before discovering a partner pantry. Plus: the realities of summer hunger when 56,000+ children in the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank's service region lose access to school meals, why USDA donations are down and the food bank is now spending hundreds of thousands on protein, and how the Supper Club provides the kind of reliable monthly support that keeps shelves full. UNDERSTANDING MODERN HUNGER — THE NUMBERS • Federal poverty level for a family of four (2025): $33,000/year • Virginia basic-needs income for a single adult: over $50,000/year (MIT Living Wage Calculator) • Virginia unemployment rate: below 4% • Blue Ridge Area Food Bank monthly guest visits: ~177,000 • Children among guest visits: 1 in 3 • Children food-insecure in Virginia: 1 in 7 • SNAP-to-charitable-network meal ratio: 9 to 1 • Emergency food box size: ~30 pounds of food per person • $1 donated = ~3 meals provided ($3 = 9 meals) HOW TO HELP • Donate at https://www.brafb.org/ — every dollar provides about three meals • Join the Supper Club — recurring monthly donations the food bank can rely on (as little as $10/month) • Volunteer — locally with the food bank, with a partner pantry, or with local school-food programs • Use the Food Finder — for yourself or to help a neighbor (search by location, with hours and directions) • Support local food-pantry partners and summer feeding programs in your community LINKS & RESOURCES • Blue Ridge Area Food Bank: https://www.brafb.org/ (Food Finder tool, Supper Club, donations) • Blue Ridge Area Food Bank on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn • MIT Living Wage Calculator: livingwage.mit.edu (search your city/county) • Feeding America — the national network of food banks • Bright Futures Winchester/Frederick County — summer food bus program (Elise's organization, mentioned) • Winchester CCAP and other local food pantry partners across the Blue Ridge service region THE VALLEY TODAY with Janet Michael — A decade of conversations. New podcast episodes drop weekdays at 11 AM. Catch the show on The River 95.3 and Fox Sports 1450 AM weekdays just after noon. Subscribe and listen at thevalleytodaypodcast.com — available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoy the show, please take a moment to leave a rating or review — it helps more listeners find us. Connect with us: Facebook — facebook.com/ValleyTodayFanPage Instagram — instagram.com/thevalleytoday
Marcos Guacin and Jerry Brown joined Bruce & Gaydos to talk about St. Mary's Food Bank's Summer Food Service Program and how it helps feed families during the summer months. Text FOOD to 620620 to be Outspoken Against Hunger and ensure that no child goes hungry.
This week on bigcitysmalltown, Bob Rivard sits down with registered dietitian Claudia Zapata to examine the challenges and opportunities facing San Antonio's food culture and public health. A longtime advocate for healthier eating and community well-being, Claudia brings her experience as a columnist, television host, and founder of the Diplomacy Diet to the discussion.Bob and Claudia discuss the roots of San Antonio's health issues, the realities of changing eating habits in a city known for its food traditions, and the small steps individuals and institutions can take to improve outcomes for residents of all ages.They discuss:The limits of “everything in moderation” and the importance of daily choicesHow affordability and access shape San Antonio's nutrition landscapeThe role of education in changing family and community healthHow policy, school cafeterias, and marketing influence what we eatThe importance of mobility, exercise, and social connection in lifelong healthClaudia's personal approach to working with clients, meal planning, and teaching healthy habitsThe episode also looks at the impact of federal policy, the evolution of GLP-1 weight loss drugs, and why prevention—and practical, non-judgmental support—are central to Claudia's work with Methodist Healthcare and her broader vision for San Antonio.RECOMMENDED NEXT LISTEN:▶️ #140. The Food Bank is Harvesting Solutions to San Antonio's Hunger – Food, health, and housing are deeply interconnected in San Antonio. In this conversation, host Cory Ames sits down with Mitch Hagney of the San Antonio Food Bank to explore how innovative farming, drought-resistant crops, and sustainable agriculture are transforming both emergency food services and long-term food security for the city's most vulnerable communities.…..GET THE NEWSLETTER
North Carolina is one of the nation's top agricultural producing states. And it is also a state where one in seven residents don't have the resources to provide food on their table every day. Today, I'm talking with Amy Beros, president and CEO of the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina - the state's largest food bank. Each year, this organization provides 95 million meals distributed through more than 700 partner agencies, food pantries, congregate meal sites, backpack programs. And they do this in 34 counties in the state. In our conversation today, we will explore the policy issues that this food bank and many food banks face. Interview Transcript Amy, I want to ask a really simple question about what got you to this place. So how in the world did you get involved in food banking? Oh, gosh. Well, you know, when I was growing up, I didn't know what food banking was. But I knew that it was our responsibility to make sure that neighbors helped neighbors. So, I grew up volunteering what I know now is a partner agency of the local food bank in my hometown. And as I moved across the country, I found ways to get involved. When I moved here to North Carolina about 16 years ago, I found food banks. I've been working professionally in food banking for a little over 12 years now. But I believe that food is a basic human right, and it has been my life's work to make sure that we're doing everything we can to ensure everyone has what they need. Thank you for sharing that. And I can imagine over the years, as I've also been involved in food banking but on the board side or as a volunteer, that this is a work that we sometimes think it's just about moving food and providing that. However, there's a whole policy framework that, sort of, surrounds and influences and shapes what food banking and what the work of the partner agencies, the food pantries on the ground, what they do. I wonder if you could help make this a little bit more real for us. Could you tell us a little bit about how policy becomes personal in your work? Can you share a moment when that really came true for you? Oh, I think the most recent blinding moment was last year during the government shutdown. Well, one, there's a lot of noise on TV right now, right, and in the media, but you hear of these massive numbers, and we know that our elected leaders are looking at these numbers on spreadsheets. And we see the humans behind those numbers and their stories. And these are thousands and thousands of stories like the ones that we hear about each day. Last year, during the shutdown, a father of five reached out to me and said, "I have five children. I work at the federal prison. I'm missing my second paycheck. For the first time in my life, I don't know how I'm going to put food on the table." Or the SNAP delay and disruption that we had. For the first time in our history during that shutdown, a mother reaching out and saying, "I don't know what to do. I've told my children to eat everything they can at school because I don't know what we're going to have when we get home, if we don't have these benefits." And that's just two stories and one crisis. And so many of our neighbors are living a crisis every day. These systemic issues. And we see those humans and hear their stories each day. And I think that's when it becomes personal. These decisions, one stroke of a pen, impacts food for hundreds of thousands of neighbors. Thank you for sharing that. I teach a class called the Economics of the Public Sector, and we often talk about policies that provide support to individuals. And it can be easy to talk about these policies as if they're just decisions that policymakers make, but there are real people who are dependent on these policies. And when they don't work or when rules change, it has significant implications for how people navigate. And so, I appreciate the work that you all are doing. I want to take a step back and talk about food banking. And while I know a lot of our listeners are familiar with food banking and food pantries, I do know that people kind of mix those two terms up. Amy, would you just tell us, broadly speaking, what's a food bank, and then what are the partner agencies. And how do they relate to one another? Yes, absolutely. Our food bank serves 34 counties in North Carolina. And as you shared, we work with over 700 partners. We work with growers. We work with over 80 local farmers in North Carolina. We work with manufacturers in North Carolina. We work with all of the retail chains to get food out into the community. And we do that primarily through those partners because they are embedded into the community. And what we're really proud of here, and I think something of how food banking has changed, you know, many people still think of a food bank as a dimly lit church basement pantry. And that maybe was food banking 30 years ago. But today it is part of the modern food system. We are a critical piece of infrastructure within the food system as part of the charitable food system. And one of the things that I'm most proud of is we live in North Carolina, this beautiful agriculture state, and over half of what we distribute each year is produce and protein. And that is what neighbors are asking for, too. Because neighbors want the healthy fresh foods, and it's also the most expensive to buy. And food banking today is not just focused on moving calories and getting pounds of food out to the community. It's focused on meals and nutritious meals and how to provide that nutrition education to make meals healthier. To use the types of foods you would get in a food pantry. For instance, I just learned at one of our nutrition demos this past weekend, you can leave the peel on a sweet potato, blend it up, and make it into a pancake. You never notice that you left it on there, but you get so much more fiber. And we're doing these types of trainings to help people make meals more nutritious, make meals go further, too, that they're getting. It's really a holistic approach. It's about being alongside community partners that are embedded into the community that are providing holistic supports like workforce development, job training, housing support. And we're that food portion as part of those agencies and making sure they have the right food and enough food to get out into the community. It's really helpful to hear the ways that food banking is adjusting. This idea you're no longer just this big organization that takes in a bunch of food and then distributes it through, you know, food pantries and what used to be called soup kitchens. But rather you're working with other community partners, you're working with farmers to find ways of moving food, but also providing opportunities and thinking about this almost as wraparound services. Are there other things that are being provided than just meals? I know I've been in pantries where there have been nurses, and there have been other support services like ways to sign up to SNAP. This is a sort of a series of overlapping and intersecting opportunities to help families meet their food needs, but more than that, their sort of broader set of needs. And I think this is a really critical way of understanding that food banking looks different than, like you said, grandmothers working in a church basement. I know that the work that food banks can serve as shock absorbers. When things go down, when things are problematic, food banks are there to sort of meet needs in a real way. We've seen a great deal of breakdown in policies over the last several months, and both at the state and at the national level. What does this shock look like to you and your partner agencies on the ground? It has been a tough year. You know, our budget went from 27% government funding and support to less than 10% in one year just because of decisions that were made in an instant. And there was no feedback structure. And I think that's one thing that I really pride our food bank on is the community feedback. We're constantly trying to engage with neighbors facing hunger, understand nobody knows what people facing hunger need more than the people who are literally experiencing it every single day. We try to ground all of our decisions in what is the community saying they need of us. And I think that is one of the things that's been so frustrating to see the decisions made this past year at the federal level. There's been no feedback. It's just numbers on a paper. And within, you know, a stroke of a pen, North Carolina lost $30 million for food purchased from North Carolina farmers for schools and food banks. And that was just North Carolina. It was one billion across the nation. And we're impacting people facing hunger, we're impacting farmers at the same time, and we have farmers who are saying, "I don't know if I'm gonna keep my family farm open." With SNAP, you know, we have cuts coming this year for SNAP and changes that are going to be detrimental for so many of our neighbors. And the cost shift to the states that are not prepared to take that. There's not a transition plan place. And SNAP is an economic driver. For every one meal a food bank provides, SNAP provides nine. We can't replace SNAP if we lose those meals. There's no possible way for us to charitable food our way out of that. But I don't think people realize the ripple impact of those decisions. So yes, it's going to impact people facing hunger. And eight out of 10 of those people on SNAP are working families, seniors, people with disabilities, our most vulnerable neighbors. And at the same time, we're going to see rural grocery stores close. We're going to see more farms close because for every dollar of SNAP, it means $1.50 to $1.60 back into the local economy. And that's going to be a detrimental effect that we can't turn around quickly. It's going to be long-term health impacts for neighbors because of the loss of this nutritious food and the loss of jobs. And we can't just flip a switch and turn that back on because of how damaging it's going to be to so many pieces of our economy. And when I say we can't charitable food our way out of it, we were meant to be here in times of crisis to stabilize and to be an ongoing support for people in the community during that time. But we were never meant to replace the safety net. At the same time, we're having all of these changes at the federal level. We're the only state in the country without a budget. There was another multimillion-dollar loss for food banks and farmers that was invested by the state to purchase from local farmers to go back to neighbors in need. And because we have not had that budget, we've not received those funds. And so, it's really been hit after hit, and we're seeing each one increasing need at our pantries. Right now, we know there's over 600,000 people facing hunger in our community, and we're hearing from our pantries 20% to 60% more than they're seeing last year. I think that 600,000 people number is actually very low, and we're going to see that continue to climb, unfortunately, because of all the changes we're experiencing this year. Amy, this is pretty sobering. And I realize that we're talking about issues that are also highly political. And I know you are leading in spaces where you have people who have differences of opinion about what policy should be. But a lot of these people are coming to the work of the food bank, either on the board or in partner agencies or wherever, donors even, because they care about addressing issues around hunger, right? So, how do you build trust? How do you work across these differences to help achieve the goals that food banking is supposed to achieve? I've never met a politician that told me they didn't like food banks or they didn't care about food banks. There's a lot on people's minds, and I think we need to be in front of our leaders more because there's so much coming at our elected leaders that it's hard for them to even understand everything that's happening in the community. It's hard for me to keep up with just what's happening in our sector, and I'm living it every day, because it's been so fast. I often say, you know, we can't be apolitical. We're nonpartisan, but food is political, so we can't be apolitical. But we'll always be nonpartisan, and we have incredible support from both political parties and all sides of the aisle. And I think we can go in, and we can argue all day long about what we disagree on, and there's much that people disagree on. It's filled in a time when everything feels like it can be political, and we're going to walk out, and we're both going to be mad, and neither one of us is going to change each other's mind. And so I think we have to walk into every conversation with what do we align on, and where can we do good together? Because there's always going to be things we disagree on, but I also know there's always things we align on. And how can we choose those things that we align on and do the most impact and the most good possible with that? Because nobody wants to see a child go hungry. No one wants a senior choosing between medicine and their food or their rent. And so how can we focus, and how can we be a voice to tell that human story that they might not be seeing or hearing enough of so that they understand those true impacts, and we can figure out a way to work together on those alignment? Yes. I think those are wise words given just the difficulty we're facing right now to find that common ground. To find ways of working together. I'm grateful for the way you are trying to navigate those differences to achieve the bigger goal. The goals that I think many of us want to see achieved. And so that brings me to this last question I want to raise with you. This is a challenging moment that we're in. I want to know what gives you hope, and where do you see people making real difference, despite the challenges that we face? This is bigger than me, this is bigger than you, this is bigger than the food bank. This is our community. This is the health of our community. And focusing on the health of our community, seeing what happened last year during the shutdown... the community responded in a way that was inspiring and breathtaking for neighbors, because they saw their neighbors hurting. And we are a community food bank. I might get emotional. I do get emotional often. Every day, and I can see them right outside my window right now, we operate because of thousands of volunteers who come here and choose to give their time to us. Thousands of donors who choose to give their money to make a difference in their community. Thousands of food partners who are choosing to work with us. And these more than 700 agencies, we are a community food bank. Our new strategic plan 2030 is called Rooted in Community. And it is grounded in what neighbors said they needed from the food bank, what we are uniquely qualified and able to provide for neighbors right now. And I think seeing that community aspect and seeing the community come together during times like this absolutely gives me hope. And we saw the impact on that on policy, too. During the shutdown, so many advocates reached out and said, "This is unacceptable." And Governor Stein's office invested $3.5 million in our food bank, $10 million across the state during that moment because he saw the need, but he, like we heard from the constituents. And I think seeing and watching how powerful people's voices are, it can't just be the food bank there. It has to be the community members saying, "This is unacceptable in our community." And when we see people come together and align on that, we see change, and that gives me hope. I also think our youth today gives me hope. I just watched a video on C-SPAN that our food bank participated in that two high school students here in Raleigh won an award about building food security in their community. I just talked with a Duke student last week, she's in a feminism and farm class, which is an incredible class that I want to take, I didn't know that existed. And talking about how we can make a change. And I see so many people coming together and truly aligning on what we agree on, and I think with that there comes a lot of power. BIO Amy Beros is President & CEO of the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina — among the largest anti-hunger organizations in the United States. Amy returned home to the Food Bank following several years of service with Feeding America, where she led nationwide efforts to build food banks' capacity to better serve people facing hunger and poverty. Throughout her career, Amy has maintained a firm commitment to holding the experiences of neighbors at the heart of every decision. She has applied this community-centered approach across critical efforts in food sourcing and access, disaster response, strategic partnerships, and philanthropy — including leadership roles with Inter-faith Food Shuttle, Easter Seals UCP, and Pillars Community Health. During Amy's prior tenure with the Food Bank, she led the multi-year campaign that established the organization's state-of-the-art Raleigh headquarters and ushered in a new era of systemic solutions to hunger in the region. A South Carolina native, Amy holds a Bachelor of Science from Clemson and an MBA from DePaul University. She currently resides near Raleigh, North Carolina with her husband, two children, and rescue dogs. Outside of work you can find Amy lifting weights, spending time with family, or sharing her love for Dolly Parton with anyone who will listen.
Genuine food insecurity in which people don't know where their next meal is coming from is a subject that merits a lot of attention. By any fair assessment the fact that literally millions of North Carolinians – a large percentage of them children – go to bed hungry in the world's richest nation is, or at least ought to be, a gigantic scandal. As grim as some of these numbers are, recent actions in Washington – most notably big cuts to federal food assistance and the rising prices caused by the war in Iran – have conspired to make the situation even more dire. Recently, to take stock of just how desperate things have gotten and some of the things average folks can do to help respond, Newsline recently caught up with the President and CEO of the Foodbank of Central and Eastern North Carolina, Amy Beros. Click here to listen to the full interview with Amy Beros, President and CEO of the Foodbank of Central and Eastern North Carolina.
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