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Good Charlotte Fights Hunger

I’ve written about Feeding America before. They are the organization that united with the postal workers one Saturday each year to collect canned and dry goods for the hungry. Actor David Arquette is the chairman of Feeding America’s Entertainment Council. Now, band Good Charlotte has joined Feeding America to “bar hunger.” I put that in quotes because, yes, the organization is trying to end hunger, but it is a bit of a play on words. Now, when you purchase specially marked Snicker bars, you can text the code on the wrapper and the company, through Feeding America, will provide two … Continue reading →

This Saturday is Stamp Out Hunger Day

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This Saturday, your letter carrier, i.e. mailperson, will pick up canned goods and non-perishable food items for the annual “Stamp Out Hunger” drive. The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) has been doing this for 18 years now. This year, Campbell Soup Company is teaming up with them in what is the largest single-day food drive in the country. The letter carriers do this every May to help stock of the food pantries, which often run short of food during the summer. Despite hard times, the letter carriers collected 73.4 million pounds of food last year. The U.S. Department of … Continue reading →

America the Wasteful

Not long ago, I blogged about Freegans and how they get their food from garbage cans. While some may find that a bit repulsive, let me share some facts with you. I read in an NPR article today about a new report by the National Resources Defense Council titled “Wasted: How America Is Losing Up to 40 Percent of Its Food from Farm to Fork to Landfill.” Think the titles shocking? Then you should hear some of what’s in it. Stat like 40 percent of the food in the United States goes uneaten. And, this is a time when the … Continue reading →