Around 30,000 people in the Cincinnati area took part in a 1940s program, which agriculture secretary Claude Wickard called “an outstanding success.” This was an early version of food stamps, now referred to as SNAP.
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ConAgra Foods and P&G are teaming up for the Child Hunger Ends Here Campaign. Together they hope to donate up to 7 million meals to Feeding America and its network of emergency food banks.
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Feeding America today encouraged farmers and gardening enthusiasts across the nation to help fight hunger. With the arrival of the spring planting season, growing crops for a local food bank would be an effective way to help those in need.
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Feeding America has just announced The Great American Milk Drive. The event is set to kick off on April 2. It’s an opportunity to help the hungry in America access nutritious milk.
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Actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley is using a unique way to help Feeding America and its network of foodbanks across the country.
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Ten year-old Natalia Marsh-Welton knows how cold she feels while getting chemotherapy for a brain tumor. She also knows how hard it must be too for those homeless and without food.
Natalia says, “I am cold all of the time. Imagine how cold people without homes must be.” As reported by Brad Evans of WLWT in Cincinnati, she decided to take action.
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Bread for the World said today that fifteen states and the District of Columbia would bear the brunt of new cuts by Congress to the food stamp (SNAP) program.
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Feeding America released its “State of Hunger in America” ahead of President Obama’s State of the Union speech tonight. There are 49 million Americans who suffer from hunger or “food insecurity.”
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The freezing temperatures across the country mean higher heating costs for everyone. Many low-income families are struggling with this increase in prices. They are already under the strain of trying to afford food.
Last year 47 million hungry Americans lost food stamp benefits, and Congress may be bringing more cuts to the table. Needy families are placed in the awful situation of having to choose between heat or food.
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Burwinkel Farms donates food to the Holy Family Church Food Pantry in Price Hill, an agency part of the Freestore FoodBank network fighting hunger in the Cincinnati area.
For Burwinkel Farms of Hamilton, Ohio the work day starts early picking corn in the fields. The “corn is as high as an elephant’s eye” is the famous lyric from the musical Oklahoma. Karen Burwinkel, the manager of the farm, says they cannot quite confirm this for they have never had an elephant visit.
What Burwinkels can say for certain is they have delicious corn and other yummy fruits and vegetables. Each summer morning, trucks are loaded with food to be taken to its locations across the Cincinnati area.
Burwinkel Farms is a summer tradition, one that has been operating since 1918.
Very quietly too Burwinkels is helping fight hunger in the community. Hunger is a silent, but serious crisis in the Cincinnati area. Feeding America says that 18.5 percent of the county’s population suffers from hunger. Among children the “food insecurity” rate skyrockets to 21.1 percent.
Burwinkels is helping out. For produce not sold, they make sure it is not wasted. Once a week, Burwinkels donates food to the Holy Family Church Food Pantry in Price Hill.
Diana Penick, who manages the pantry, says they have helped 7,170 families in need during the past year. She says, “In the past year we served 20,366 people. Not bad for a small church pantry!” The pantry is part of the Cincinnati Freestore Foodbank system.
Burwinkels makes these donations during the summer months, which is most critical. Donations to food pantries often drop off during this time period compared to the holiday season. Also, during the summer many children lose access to the federal school lunch and breakfast programs. Summer feeding is available in some locations but has not reached anywhere near the coverage provided during the school year.
Burwinkel Farms makes its donation to Holy Family through its Delhi location on Sundays. This has been ongoing since last year. You can even stop by and “purchase” food to be added to the donation each week.
Hunger in America is a growing crisis, with more than 50 million people impacted. Tough economic times are here and the Congress is threatening to reduce the food stamp program (SNAP) which will place even more pressure on already overstretched food banks.
Following Burwinkels example is to waste no food, and do what you can to support hunger relief. That great summer delight of corn is something more than a nutritious food, but also brings hope to those in need.
For more information visit www.burwinkelfarms.com and also their Facebook page.
originally published at Cincinnati.com.
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Author William Lambers 