
North Texas Food Bank, located in Dallas, TX, runs a BackPack Program for children at risk of hunger. Feeding America’s BackPack Program, administered through network food banks, provides food to kids for weekends and school vacations.Credits: Feeding America
The charity Feeding America is hosting a twitter chat about nutrition and is inviting everyone to participate in this important discussion. This event is part of National Nutrition Month. Feeding America hopes to engage the country to advocate for nutrition and an end to hunger.
A group of nutrition experts will take part including celebrity chef Ellie Krieger, Lizbeth Silvermann and Dr. Robert Post of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and David Weaver, Director of South Plains Food Bank in Texas.
The twitter chat will take place on Tuesday from 12-1 eastern time. You can follow the chat by using the hashtag #BetterFood.
Feeding America (twitter account @FeedingAmerica) is the nation’s largest charity fighting the hunger and food insecurity afflicting about 49 million people. Their network includes 200 emergency food banks and thousands of partner agencies that feed the nation’s hungry.
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