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- Jan 28, 2019
Yes You Can: Reduce Your Food Waste
Soy and corn. Pork and poultry. Sweet potatoes. North Carolina is an agricultural state through and through. In addition to our large and...
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- Jan 2, 2019
5 Ways Your New Years Resolutions Can Help End Hunger
The New Year is an opportunity to take stock of our lives and of our community. For many of us, we reflect on our habits — good and bad —...
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- Dec 18, 2018
A Strong Farm Bill: Thank you for your advocacy
[ Thank you to all of the anti-hunger advocates who fought for a 2018 Farm Bill that protects SNAP, strengthens TEFAP, and protects...
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- Dec 3, 2018
Eric Aft: The Wisdom of Dorthea Lange’s America
The Wisdom of Dorthea Lange’s America (On exhibit at Reynolda House Museum of American Art through December 30, 2018) While statistics on...
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- Nov 29, 2018
Be the Reason. 5 Ways Your Family Can Feed Community this Holiday Season.
1. Be the reason a local parent can provide for their family. Every time you eat at Second Harvest’s Providence Restaurant or Providence...
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- Nov 15, 2018
‘Tis the Season: Second Harvest and WXII 12 Team Up for Holiday Food Drives
Once again, Second Harvest is teaming up with our wonderful supporters at WXII 12 News’ for our annual Holiday Food Drive. Cash and food...
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- Oct 17, 2018
Got Milk? We do.
This morning, a large semi pulled up to the docks at our centrally located warehouses in Winston-Salem. This, alone, is not necessarily...
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- Oct 15, 2018
“It’s People Just Like Me.” SNAP makes the difference for local families.
Jenny Hudson’s house is a tidy ranch on a cul-de-sac. Wildflowers and hostas edge the walkway, and the car in the driveway has one...
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- Oct 11, 2018
Second Harvest Food Bank: 36 Years of Feeding Community
133 billion pounds of food is wasted every year, yet 42 million Americans do not get enough nutritious food to eat to lead healthy,...
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- Oct 2, 2018
We Love Our Volunteers: Second Harvest 2018 Volunteer Awards
Every year, we gather for an evening to celebrate our volunteers who give so much to us, so frequently. Second Harvest volunteers engage...
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- Sep 6, 2018
Take Action: Support a Strong Farm Bill
Currently, Congress is considering the future of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and The Emergency Food Assistance...
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- Sep 4, 2018
We Can’t Run On Empty: Hunger Action Month
Build Community. Inspire Action. Support the “We Can’t Run On Empty” Campaign We all need healthy food to be able to do our best work....
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- Jun 12, 2018
Second Harvest Food Bank’s Statement On Release of the 2018 Senate Farm Bill
Late last week, the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee released its version of the 2018 Farm Bill, which presents an opportunity for the...
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- Jun 8, 2018
“Let us be full of compassion, but hungry for mercy and justice.”
The following is an excerpt from Dr. Mark Jensen’s Keynote Address at Set the Table, a celebration of Second Harvest’s CEO Clyde...
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- Jun 7, 2018
Feeding Opportunity: Jobs, Wages, and Secretary Acosta’s Visits Second Harvest
The students had just plated tomato cheese tarts and tossed the salad when Secretary R. Alexander Acosta and Representative Virginia Foxx...
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- May 23, 2018
Agency Advisory Council Spotlight: Susan Cox
[ The following blog post was written by food banker Ashley Bonner, Agency Relations Coordinator for Second Harvest Food Bank. “The best...
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- May 22, 2018
5 Reasons You Should Run the Empty Bowls 5k Crit this Weekend
Music and beer. Run the course and then enjoy a complimentary beer from Winston-Salem’s newest brewery, Incendiary Brewing Company and...
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- May 17, 2018
Southern Traditions: Blues and Food
From Sonny Terry’s “Custard Pie Blues” to James Cotton’s “Digging My Potatoes,” the Blues and Southern food have always been deeply...
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- May 7, 2018
Second Harvest’s Top FIVE Concerns with Farm Bill H.R. 2
Second Harvest’s Top 5 Concerns with the proposed Farm Bill, H.R. 2. As food bankers, we are deeply concerned about the House Agriculture...
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