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AP: Food Banks, Pantries Find New Ways to Feed More People
Aug 11, 2015, 12:18 PM ET
By KATHY MATHESON and LISA RATHKE Associated Press
Charles Scott is shopping for groceries at a Philadelphia food pantry, busily clicking away at a computer to select his choices of onions, tomatoes and frozen corn.
Scott's budget is tight since he was disabled from a work-related injury, so he turns to the Mitzvah Food Project at the Kleinlife center. The pantry is among the vanguard of hunger-relief operations that have installed a digital ordering system.
"I think it's wonderful," Scott said. "It makes you feel like you're in control."
At a food truck in Milton, Vermont, Cindy Lefebvre picks up free dinners of donated food from local farms when her family finances run low. The truck has made its weekly stop in her mobile home park. This night, she, her husband and two sons will sit down to a meal of meatballs, kale cooked in cider, corn bread and salad.
One out of 6 people in the United States struggles with hunger, says Chicago-based Feeding America, the national office for 200 food banks that supply 60,000 pantries and soup kitchens. Now with help from technology, local farms and food trucks, the community outlets are finding new ways to bridge the hunger gap.
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Link: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/food-banks-pantries-find-ways-feed-people-33014253
By KATHY MATHESON and LISA RATHKE Associated Press
Charles Scott is shopping for groceries at a Philadelphia food pantry, busily clicking away at a computer to select his choices of onions, tomatoes and frozen corn.
Scott's budget is tight since he was disabled from a work-related injury, so he turns to the Mitzvah Food Project at the Kleinlife center. The pantry is among the vanguard of hunger-relief operations that have installed a digital ordering system.
"I think it's wonderful," Scott said. "It makes you feel like you're in control."
At a food truck in Milton, Vermont, Cindy Lefebvre picks up free dinners of donated food from local farms when her family finances run low. The truck has made its weekly stop in her mobile home park. This night, she, her husband and two sons will sit down to a meal of meatballs, kale cooked in cider, corn bread and salad.
One out of 6 people in the United States struggles with hunger, says Chicago-based Feeding America, the national office for 200 food banks that supply 60,000 pantries and soup kitchens. Now with help from technology, local farms and food trucks, the community outlets are finding new ways to bridge the hunger gap.
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Link: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/food-banks-pantries-find-ways-feed-people-33014253
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