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Benefits of organic food found to be overrated.
Published: By Lauran Neergaard
Associated Press
WASHING – Patient after patient asked: Is eating organic food, which costs more, really better for me?
Unsure, Stanford University doctors dug through reams of research to find out and concluded there's little evidence that going organic is much healthier, citing only a few differences involving pesticides and antibiotics.
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Hunger is Closer Than You Think
 Summer Vacation = Hunger?
Published: feedingamerica.org
In an effort to raise awareness of where families can find free and nutritious meals for their children this summer Feeding America and the Ad Council are distributing a new localized Public Service Advertisements (PSAs). The new campaign highlights that "summer isn't fun when you're hungry". The PSAs direct families to contact their local food bank for help or visit FeedingAmerica.org/SummerMeals to find more information on the program in their area.
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 Client Story - Ola and Alberta
Published: feedingamerica.org
May is Older Americans Month... but it is not necessarily a time for celebration. Nearly four million U.S. seniors are food insecure. Many of these older Americans live on fixed incomes, and are often forced to choose between buying groceries or paying for health care, housing, or other basic essentials. Meet some clients who are experiencing this first hand like Ola and Alberta.
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 Invest an Acre
Published: feedingamerica.org
ADM, The Howard G. Buffett Foundation, and Feeding America have partnered to launch Invest an Acre, a program to encourage farmers across the country to donate one acre or more of crop proceeds to help fight hunger in their own communities.
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 What is the Meal Gap in Your Community?
Published: feedingamerica.org
Feeding America recently released “Map the Meal Gap 2012,” which provides estimates of food insecurity at the county and congressional district level. Food insecurity is the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s measure of lack of access, at times, to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members.
The report found that even though food insecurity rates have remained relatively stable across the nation, those communities that were previously known to have the highest rates of food insecurity have continued to climb.
Do you know the rate of food insecurity in your community? Visit our interactive map to learn about how the crisis of hunger is impacting your local community. |
 Help Us Save Hunger Fighting Programs
Published: feedingamerica.org
The House Agriculture Committee is still taking comments to help them decide what programs and services should be preserved and what should be cut under the Farm Bill. Help us protect SNAP - the supplemental nutrition assistance program formerly known as food stamps, TEFAP - the emergency food assistance program, and CSFP - the commodity supplemental food assistance program.
Post this comment urging the House Agricultural Committee to protect hunger fighting programs!
"Pass a strong Farm Bill that protects programs like SNAP, TEFAP, and CSFP which help provide food for millions of America’s most vulnerable seniors, children, and working poor".
Post this comment to the Farm Bill Feedback Form and help us reach our goal of 20,000 comments by sharing this call to action on Facebook and Twitter, #FarmBillAction. |
Hunger stalks Ohio families
Published: The Columbus Dispatch - Friday August 12, 2011
Section: News
Families with kids have more difficulty putting food on the table than those without.
More than 1 in 4 families with children did not have enough money to buy food in the past 12 months, according to a report released yesterday. That compares with about 1 in 6 for childless households.
Not having enough money for food has been a frequent worry for Ezell Johnson of the North Side since he began looking after his three young grandchildren about a year ago.
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Mid-Ohio Foodbank handles rising demand
Published: Sunday, June 19, 2011
Edition: Home Final
Section: Business
Hunger is making headlines. On Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted for deep cuts in food aid -- at home and abroad.
The House's proposal would chop $868 million from an emergency food program for needy mothers, infants and children. Advocacy groups say the measure would deprive 325,000 Americans of critical nutrition.
Funding for a program that supports emergency food aid and agricultural development overseas would drop by more than $450 million, or nearly 35 percent, under the House-backed plan. Although the proposed belt-tightening is far from a done deal -- the Senate has yet to weigh in -- last week's House vote highlighted, and intensified, an already-fierce debate over the availability of affordable food.Click
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Child Poverty
Rate Up Since 2007, KIDS COUNT
Data Center Finds
Posted on October 1, 2010
Annie E. Casey Foundation's
A new analysis by the Annie E.
Casey Foundation's KIDS COUNT
Data Center shows that the child
poverty rate in the United States
jumped from 18 percent in 2007
to 20 percent in 2009.
Based on recently released poverty
figures from the U.S. Census Bureau's
American Community Survey, the
KIDS COUNT analysis found that
there were 14.7 million children
in households with incomes below
the poverty threshold in the United
States in 2009 - 1.6 million more
than in 2007, before the current
recession began. Click
here to read full article.
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FOOD DESERTS
Lack of access to nutritious fare
in poor neighborhoods contributes
to obesity and other dietary problems.
August 1, 2010
Misti Crane
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
It bothers Randi Love when people
use high rates of obesity and
diabetes in poorer areas of the
community as an indictment of
those who live there. "People
often blame people of low income
for poor health and for obesity
and all kinds of bad eating habits
when their environment doesn't
support healthy choices,"
said Love, a clinical associate
professor in Ohio State's College
of Public Health. Love's students
are studying the offerings at
smaller markets in some of the
city's struggling neighborhoods.
Personal choice plays a role,
to be sure, but transportation,
finances and an absence of full-service
supermarkets are among the many
obstacles to more nutritious diets,
including those rich in fresh
fruits and vegetables. Click
here to read full article.
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As jobless benefits
slip away, need rises
Loss of federal aid further strains
social safety net
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Diane Stafford
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
In just one week and in just one
state - Missouri - more than 8,300
people fell through the unemployment
insurance safety net. Actually,
their nets were removed, like
thousands of people across the
country. The result: Those who
have lost jobless benefits already
are turning in greater numbers
to food pantries and other emergency
aid programs, both government
and nonprofit. "We're hearing
from more people needing assistance,"
said Ron Howard, spokesman for
the United Way of Greater Kansas
City. "Our 211 call center
is seeing an increase in calls,
especially from first-time callers.
"Without a doubt, the loss
of that unemployment check is
a contributing factor." Click
here to read full article.
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DEAR ABBY
Clean-plate club can feed obesity
The Columbus Dispatch; Date:Apr
22, 2010
Dear Abby: "Milwaukee Grandma"
was " appalled to see the
number of adults who forced their
children to eat" in restaurants.
"Grandma" is absolutely
right. Children will eat when
hungry and stop when they have
had enough. The old saying �clean
your plate" is contributing
to the obesity epidemic. Children
are born with the ability to self-regulate
their food intake. Instead of
forcing the child to finish large
portions at a restaurant, parents
should take half the dinner home
for later. The obesity epidemic
is based on excessive meal portions,
decreased physical activity, an
abundance of junk food and a lack
of available and affordable healthful
foods . Click
here to read full article.
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Hunger has Ohio
firmly in its grip, stats show
Spike in numbers mirrors 13.1
percent poverty rate in state
Catherine Candisky
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
More than 607,000 Ohio households
-- 13.3 percent -- struggled to
feed themselves last year, according
to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
That's the highest rate of "food
insecurity" since the federal
government started to survey hunger
in 1995. It also mirrors Ohio's
13.1 percent poverty rate. Click
here to read full article.
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Stigma of food stamps fades
Use soars as 36 million Americans,
or about 12%, rely on federal
program Sunday, November 29,
2009 3:24 AM
By Jason DeParle and Robert
GebeloffGreg Dawson, left, of
Martinsville, Ohio, works nights
as an electrician. He and his
wife, Sheila, feed their family
of seven with the help of a
$300 monthly food-stamp benefit.
MARTINSVILLE, Ohio -- With food-stamp
use at record highs and climbing
every month, a program once
scorned in this southwestern
Ohio village and elsewhere as
a failed welfare scheme now
helps feed one in eight Americans
and one in four children. Click
here to read full article.
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Charities Say Need Is Up,
Donations Are Down
Monday, December 15, 2008
... weekend, 10TV's Glenn McEntyre
reported. "(We help) families
who are unemployed, underemployed,
on public assistance or just
find themselves in a jam," Craycroft
said. He said Victory Mission
has seen a 20 percent increase
in requests for help this year.
"What we've really seen is an
increase in the number of families
who've never been to a food
pantry before," Craycroft said.
"We're seeing a lot of folks
... Click
here to read full article.
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Deer Hunters Donate Meat
To Hungry
Monday, December 01, 2008
.... For some hunters during
this week's deer season, it's
not just about the sport but
also about sustenance. The state
of Ohio is providing a grant
to a group that donates venison
to food pantries, 10TV's Brittany
Westbrook reported. Farmers
and Hunters Feeding the Hungry
is a national organization with
local chapters throughout the
state. David King of ... Click
here to read full article.
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Economy Forcing Food Pantries
To Cut Back, Close
Monday, August 04, 2008
... More than five percent of
the region's food pantries have
permanently closed their doors,
10TV News reported this week.
The Second Harvest Food Bank
of Southeastern Ohio serves
more than 200 pantries but now
it has a limited menu of peanut
butter, corn, onions and Rice
Krispies. The limited menu is
forcing pantries to get their
goods somewhere else, 10TV's
Brittany Westbrook ... Click
here to read full article.
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Food Banks Worry About Price
Inflation
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
... Rising food and fuel prices
are making it more difficult
for Ohio food banks to purchase
enough food, just as pantries
and soup kitchens across the
state are seeing an uptick in
visitors because of the slowing
economy. Officials at the Mid-Ohio
Food Bank placed an online order
with the U.S. Department of
Agriculture commodities program
late last month ... Click
here to read full article.
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Slowing Economy Concerns
Ohio's Nonprofits
Thursday, May 29, 2008
... Ohio's food pantries, community
theaters and other local nonprofit
groups are preparing for an
expected decline in corporate
donations as the economy slows
and big businesses look to limit
gifts. Aside from The Columbus
Foundation, which has assets
of close to $1 billion, central
Ohio has few large private foundations,
so they must rely heavily on
corporate generosity, said George
... Click
here to read full article.
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New Study Shows Ohio Food
Pantries Needs Help
Thursday, April 01, 2010
It's the first study of its
kind in Ohio, and officials
said the results are staggering.
Latonya Fullum is a mother of
six, and she said going to the
Lutheran Social Services Food
Pantry is a lifesaver, but one
that often hurts her pride,
ONN's Stephanie Mennecke reported.
"I've been coming here a long
time," said Fullum. "Sometimes
... Click
here to read full article.
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Group Takes Food Pantry
To Ohioans Most In Need
Thursday, June 04, 2009
A Columbus-based agency has
stepped in to help. When Lutheran
Social Services learned about
the food pantry closures, the
group put its pantry in motion,
trucking food to the southeast
corner of the state each week.
"You think you how hard their
life is down there," said Mark
McPherson, Lutheran Social Service's
mobile food pantry manager.
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here to read full article.
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Gardens To Provide Fresh
Produce To Food Pantries
Friday, May 22, 2009
... produce to supply Fairfield
County's 14 food pantries. Will
Beckwith with the Baltimore
Food Pantry has noticed an increase
in demand due to the recession.
He told 10TV News he's looking
forward to receiving the fresh
produce. "Last year we had a
few people bring in a little
bit of produce for us, and it
just zoom, zoom, zoom ... Click
here to read full article.
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Green Ohio: Sour Economy
Spurs Gardening Growth
Thursday, April 23, 2009
"This year there has been an
increase in gardening over 800
percent across the country because
of the economic times," Barnhardt
said. Parents bring along their
children to help out. "I think
it's fun getting dirty you don't
get in trouble for it because
your parents are doing it too,"
Gardener Jessica Ford said.
Food pantries are volunteering
as well to bring free, fresh
food into the pantries. Click
here to read full article.
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Sour Economy Spurs Gardening
Growth
Saturday, April 04, 2009
... and tools get donated. "This
year there has been an increase
in gardening over 800 percent
across the country because of
the economic times," Barnhardt
said. Parents bring along their
children to help out. "I think
it's fun getting dirty you don't
get in trouble for it because
your parents are doing it too,"
Gardener Jessica Ford said.
Food pantries are volunteering
as well to bring free, fresh
food into the pantries. Click
here to read full article.
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Mobile Food Bank Begins
Operation
Monday, March 30, 2009
A social services agency is
operating a new mobile food
pantry for southeast Ohio. Lutheran
Social Services dedicated the
pantry Sunday at a ceremony
at Upper Arlington Lutheran
Church, 10TV's John Fortney
reported. Unemployment runs
as high as 15 percent in some
southeast Ohio counties, and
many residents do not have access
to nearby food pantries. "So
many families down there are
without food, and in the last
year approximately 50 food pantries
have ... Click
here to read full article.
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The Delaware Gazette - Saturday
December 19, 2009
New Powell group helps families
stretch food budgets
When it comes to food, Carol
Scudere can do a lot with a
small budget. Now the Powell
resident is sharing that information
with people who need it across
Ohio.
Scudere's new non-profit organization,
Budget- Meals.org, teaches lowincome
families how to get the best
food and the best value for
every dollar. As unemployment
rises, the number of people
experiencing economic hardships
and food shortages continues
to climb. Click
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Middle-class needy
By
Catherine Candisky THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Wearing a jacket and dress pants, Irene
Botsko might have looked a bit out of
place when she walked into a South Side
food pantry this week.
She wasn't.
The 49-year-old divorced mother of one
lost her bank job 21 months ago and has
been unable to find steady work since
then. Her savings is gone, and she's living
on $267 a week in unemployment benefits
and some help from friends. She struggles
to keep up with the mortgage on her Columbus
condominium.
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more of this story, click to read full
article.
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Most counties have
more unemployed
By
Mark Williams THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Unemployment in central Ohio edged higher
overall last month.
In October, the unemployment rate for
the eight counties that make up central
Ohio rose two-tenths of a percentage point,
to 8.4 percent, according to figures from
the Ohio Department of Job and Family
Services. The rate for Columbus and Franklin
County ticked up 0.1 percentage point,
to 8.4 percent for the county and 8.5
percent for the city.
Overall, rates increased in 71 of Ohio's
88 counties and for most of the state's
metropolitan areas.
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more of this story, click to read full
article.
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One in seven Ohio families
on hunger list
By:
Catherine Candisky THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Ohio has broken into the top 10 states
for hunger, as about one in every seven
households struggled or did not have enough
money to buy food. That's according to
an annual report released yesterday by
the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Nearly
680,000 families -14 .8 percent - were
found to be "food insecure"
at some point in 2009. That's a jump from
13.3 percent the previous year, when Ohio
ranked 12th in the nation.
Nationwide, more than 17.4 million families
- 51 million Americans - reported that
they were unable or had difficulty feeding
themselves last year, up slightly from
the previous record of 17.1 million households
a year earlier. It marks the fourth straight
year for an increase in the number of
Americans experiencing hunger. It's the
highest rate of food insecurity since
1995, when the first federal survey was
conducted.
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Montpelier Helping
Hands Seminar
By:
Angi Walkup, THE VILLAGE REPORTER
Local Montpelier church, House of Prayer
and their food pantry Helping Hands, have
organized with Budget-meals.org
to help local residents with a "Hands
That Teach Seminar". Founded in 2009
by Carol Scudere, her mission is to help
families in need that have been stricken
by the rising unemployment rate by teaching
them to budget, plan, shop, and prepare
meals using economical methods and also
to curb childhood obesity. The non-profit
organization revolves around the Chinese
Proverb "Give a man a
fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach
a man to fish, and you feed him for a
lifetime".
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Nonprofit helps families
eat well despite limited cash
By
LAURA ENGLEHART Published: Tuesday, August
31, 2010 6:09 PM EDT
Budget Meals, Inc.
founded by Carol Scudere, teaches how
to spend money wisely at the grocery store
and how to cook the food that's brought
home.
With an old Chinese proverb in mind, a
Powell-based nonprofit group was formed
this year to teach low-income families
how to grocery shop with $300 a month.
The proverb, "Give a man a fish and
you feed him for a day; teach a man to
fish and you feed him for a lifetime,"
defines the philosophy of Budget Meals,
founded by entrepreneur Carol Scudere.
For
more of this story, click to read full
article.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 Non-Profit
Organization Aims to Teach Low Income
Families Skills Necessary to Slash Grocery
Budget and Prepare Quick, Nutritious Meals
Budget Meals,
Inc. a non-profit organization based in Powell,
Ohio, is working with state-wide churches,
food pantries, organizations, communities
and government agencies to educate families
in need. Skills taught during the classes
(offered to ages 12 & up, 12-15 year olds
MUST be accompanied by an adult) include
creating a budget, shopping for quantity
foods, healthy menu planning, and time-conscious
meal preparation. Taught in a fun environment,
Budget Meal
classes can help feed a family
of 4 for approximately $300+ a month.
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