1 in 5 children in the US are threatened
by hunger.
by hunger.
The USDA defines food insecurity as a state in which “consistent access to adequate food is limited by a lack of money and other resources at times during the year."
The USDA defines food insecurity as a state in which “consistent access to adequate food is limited by a lack of money and other resources at times during the year."
The USDA defines food insecurity as a state in which “consistent access to adequate food is limited by a lack of money and other resources at times during the year."
The US spent $7.2 trillion on the military in the 1st decade of this century.
Yet, a staggering 25% of military families (620,000 households) are food insecure.
Who We Are:
MAVF is a fully funded initiative by Meera & Ashok Vasudevan, co-founders of Preferred Brands International, a Connecticut based food company that manufactures and markets TastyBite® and other natural & organic foods whose products are sold in several countries including the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, UK, Japan and India.
Our Mission:
MAVF is dedicated to the idea that it is possible to permanently move people out of hunger and malnourishment in a manner that is sustainable, self-reliant and healthy.
Our Approach:
We will provide grants, collaborate with and support an ecosystem of grassroots organizations, non-profits, research institutions, think tanks, independent scholars, artists, and social entrepreneurs who are aligned with our mission.
Meera and Ashok Vasudevan on the problem of Hunger & malnourishment in the US and an introduction to the MAV Foundation.
What We’re Reading:
Are grocery cards a better approach than food banks in solving food insecurity?. Via HomelessHub
Green the Pantry: Ensure availability of fresh produce in all food pantries across America. This will have an immediate and lasting effect on the health of all visitors
Remove the Stigma: Help create a fresh market image and eliminate the embarrassment of visiting a pantry.
Work with Experts: We envision the collaborative to represent the entire food ecosystem including farmers markets, food companies, groceries, technology providers, food banks & pantries, food rescue organizations, local, state and national policy advocates. This will allow us to pool resources
Build a Think Tank: Provide Grants to researchers to gain insights and enable synthesis of data, information and analysis on the issues of hunger and malnutrition
Develop a Toolkit: Create a set of metrics or measurement tools to evaluate program effectiveness and help scale across projects and regions
Going to work recently, I noticed a poster hanging by our local theater announcing an ...
For children with not enough to eat, the long summer days only exacerbate the problem.
"The United States is one of the world’s richest, most powerful and technologically innovative countries; but neither its wealth nor its power nor its technology is being harnessed to address the situation in which 40 million people continue to live in poverty."
While I've never personally made a perishable food donation, finding a home for a few dozen hard rolls hardly seemed a challenge.
Here are eight mobile apps (plus two online only) that can help the low income population access information such as free summer meals for children, the nearest grocery store that accepts food stamps or what are the best prices for milk in the area.
On Lincoln's birthday in 1948, the train named the Abraham Lincoln Friendship Train launched from Lincoln, Nebraska with carloads of food donated by the local residents and residents of Colorado and Wyoming. Even more donations were picked up in Iowa, South Dakota and Illinois before meeting up with the Friendship Train in New York where the trains were met by a ticker tape parade before the supplies were loaded on a ship and sent on to France and Italy.
At barbecues, picnics and family reunions all across the country this summer, the most anticipated question of the day was "Who's Hungry?". Shouted out by the host, it signals that the hot dogs and hamburgers are ready and let the party begin. But for many, especially for those who fight hunger on a daily basis, the question is real, and getting answers is difficult.
Here are five mobile applications (plus one online only) that can help the low income population access information such as free summer meals for children, the nearest grocery store that accepts food stamps or what are the best prices for milk in the area.
Creating a corporate culture of philanthropy and community service requires much more than sending out a memo or writing a policy. It requires building a grassroots movement. The five executives who convened Tuesday at First County Bank’s Summer Street headquarters underscored those points during a panel discussion on philanthropic strategies organized by the Mark Lapine Endowment for Families in Business, a foundation that supports families in business in Fairfield County. The quintet have overseen the distribution of some $45 million in funds and services in the past decade to groups supported by their firms.
Starting with the premise that Americans' most important relationship is with their nation, Joel Berg’s second book, America We Need to Talk: A Self-Help Book for the Nation, makes a case for how we must both stop blaming the nation’s problems solely on “the politicians” or “the system” and take personal responsibility to solve them.
Hunger impacts college students in the same ways that it does elementary, grade school and high school students; by effecting their mental health, their attendance, their concentration and ultimately their grades.
For our last post of year, we thought we'd take the opportunity to write about some of the noteworthy food positives of 2016. Not all are hunger related, but still important for our food system and nutrition.
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