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The Global FoodBanking Network Announces New President and CEO

Category: Press Releases
Posted by GFN | November 12, 2015

Lisa Eakman Moon to lead international food banking organization recognized for alleviating world hunger and food waste CHICAGO, November 12, 2015 – The Global FoodBanking Network (GFN), an international non-governmental organization that creates and supports food banks around the world, is pleased to announce the selection of Lisa Eakman Moon as the organization’s president and…

GFN Supports the United Nations General Assembly’s Adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals

Category: News
Posted by GFN | October 13, 2015

World leaders convened to discuss the current state of international affairs at the 70th Session of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). The session took place in September in New York City. While the UNGA is an annual event, this session was particularly important because nations voted to adopt 17 new, measurable goals related to future…

I Hate Waste…and Other Reasons Why I Love My Work

Category: Newsletters
Posted by GFN | September 21, 2015

Lindsay Boswell, CEO of Food Redistribution Charity FareShare UK, on the Environmental and Humanitarian Value of Food Banking I am an environmentalist so I hate waste. I think doing the right thing with surplus food is to eat it! And if food banks can ensure that hungry people have access to that food, well, that…

10 Things You Should Know about GFN’s New Member Food Bank in Shanghai

Category: Newsletters
Posted by GFN | September 17, 2015

The first food bank in mainland China, the Green Food Bank, recently launched in Shanghai. We are very excited to welcome it to The Global FoodBanking Network’s (GFN) community of food banks! To help you get to know Green Food Bank, GFN’s Craig Nemitz, who just returned from Shanghai where he worked with Green Food…

The Making of The Global FoodBanking Network: Major Milestones

Category: News
Posted by GFN | August 24, 2015

GFN Marks a Decade of Global Food Banking: As GFN approaches its 10-year anniversary, we take a look at how GFN came to be.

Category: Newsletters
Posted by GFN | August 24, 2015

It was August 25, 2005. A group of food bank leaders from the US, Canada and Mexico met to determine how to address the growing need for food banks around the world. They decided to establish a new, international organization to create and support food banks around the world. They came up with a name…

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