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The Global FoodBanking Network (GFN) welcomes five new members to the Board of Directors. These new members will work alongside current members of the Board in overseeing GFN’s strategy in alleviating hunger through the support and creation of food banks.    “We are pleased to welcome these five new members to the Board of Directors,”…

Dear GFN partners and friends, This month, GFN earned the 2018 Platinum GuideStar Nonprofit Profile Seal of Transparency, the newest and highest level of recognition by one of the world’s largest sources of nonprofit information. This rating program is meant to enable transparent reporting of an organization’s actual impact in the world beyond simplistic financial…

Chicago, IL (October 16, 2018) – Advancing the food banking model globally will play a critical role in achieving the Zero Hunger Sustainable Development Goal says a new report from The Global FoodBanking Network.  Food banks – which provide meals to those facing hunger through recovering surplus food – operate at the community level in…

*This post provided by Banco de Alimentos Panama is part of a World Food Day 2018 blog series* “Cuando iniciamos no alcanzaba la comida, y solo podíamos atender a dos adolescentes” así recuerda la Hermana Daira Araceli Rosales, Directora del Hogar de la Divina Misericordia, los inicios de esta casa hogar que atiende a adolescentes…

*This post provided by Red Argentina de Bancos de Alimentos (REDBdA) is part of a World Food Day 2018 blog series* Por primera vez en la historia de los Bancos de Alimentos, éstos recibieron una donación de más de 1900 toneladas de papas frescas (75 camiones), de la empresa multinacional canadiense McCain, sembradas en El Bonete, Lobería….

*This post provided by Food Banks Canada is part of a World Food Day 2018 blog series*  Our Vision of Zero Hunger in Canada Hunger is an issue in Canada, but it doesn’t have to be. In our country of 37 million people, every month, 850,000 people use a food bank and 36 percent of those users are…

*This post provided by Foodbank Australia is part of a World Food Day 2018 blog series.* Australia is currently enduring the worst drought in living memory, having just experienced the fourth-warmest autumn in Australian history and below average rainfall for most of the country. This drought is taking a heavy toll on farming communities across Australia,…

Pepsico and the PepsiCo foundation have invested a total of USD $7 million dollars in access to nutrition programs in Latin America and the Caribbean This initiative is aligned with PepsiCo’s Performance with Purpose agenda, which aims to provide access to at least three billion servings of nutritious foods and beverages to under-served communities and consumers…

PepsiCo y la fundación PepsiCo han invertido un total de USD $7 millones en acceso a programas de nutrición en Latinoamérica y el Caribe Esta iniciativa está en línea con la agenda de Desempeño con Propósito de PepsiCo, cuyo objetivo es brindar acceso a por lo menos 3 mil millones de porciones de alimentos y…

Partners & Friends, Thank you for your engagement with The Global FoodBanking Network (GFN), and your leadership in the fight against hunger through food banking. For the third year in a row there has been a rise in world hunger, according to a report released yesterday by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)….