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Does the Food Pantry of the Future Involve Payment?

Chris Costanzo The Counter
A monthly fee is very out of the ordinary in charitable food, but Rumpsa noted that it’s a minor aspect of the new model. Food Club is more about offering convenience in an uplifting environment along with choice and high-quality food.

Honoring the Ukrainian Roots of American Wheat

Amy Halloran Modern Farmer
The flavorful grains that transformed the North American prairies during the 19th century into a continental breadbasket were varieties native to Ukraine’s Black Earth districts of Crimea and Galicia [now southeastern Poland and western Ukraine].

European Food Banks Rally to Aid Ukraine

Chris Costanzo Food Bank News
The European Food Banks Federation (FEBA) pledged to send suport to Ukraine’s main food bank, in Kyiv, and also assist food banks in neighboring countries that are receiving refugees, including Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.

Black Dinners Matter

Amanda Yee and Soleil Ho Whetstone Magazine
Food was a weapon of control by slaveholders, most often used as a mechanism for domination and exploitation. The story of African American food has also been a story about self-determination and ownership.

Cravings

Harvard Chan editors The Nutrition Source
Food cravings cravings can pop up at any moment and aren’t always fueled by hunger pangs.

The Legacy of Campbell Soup’s Tomato Breeding Program

Jeff Quattrone Modern Farmer
The prime growing area for Jersey tomatoes is a region now known as the Inner Coastal Plain, which covers more than 1,000 square miles in southern New Jersey, bordering the Delaware River to the west.