Food giveaway sites draw crowds, many forced to leave empty-handed: In case you weren’t convinced that our work is necessary, here’s yet another story about a strapped food distribution site; this time, a few dozen people were even turned away.  Says the community services coordinator for ACTION Inc.

This, to me, is just a sign of the times.

Tray Chic: Mother Jones reports on the campus dining revolution, including the Real Food Challenge and our new friends at Slow Food on Campus. Josh Viertel of Slow Food USA describes the movement this way:

It’s just this incredible outpouring of energy to do the right thing.

We blogged about the community garden at CKAC yesterday.  Plus here’s even more details about programs at schools like Vassar and Lawrence University here: Now all these schools need are some Campus Kitchens…

Fight against hunger bears fruit: Not unlike the apple-pickers at the Campus Kitchen at Gettysburg College, who gleaned 1,000 pounds of the fruit last fall, the LA Daily Times reports on  volunteers at the “Big Pick,” who picked four tons of oranges for the SOVA Community Food & Resource Program.

The City that Ended Hunger: From mentality that says food is a right to People’s Restaurants that offer locally grown meals for cheap , Frances Moore Lappé brings us fascinating example after fascinating example of how the fourth-largest city in Brazil, Belo Horizonte, has fought hunger.

Department of Split Hairs: We got a shout out from Wasted Food!

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