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The Agriculture Department’s Risk Management Agency announced last week it is awarding about $6.5 million to 22 organizations such as nonprofits and land-grant universities to educate underserved, small-scale, and organic producers on farm risk management...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced it is awarding about $6.5 million to 22 organizations to educate underserved, small-scale, a

Gleaning - gathering leftover fruit and veg after crops have been harvested - has been around for centuries.

A CROWDFUNDER to give Falmouth’s most vulnerable a free hot meal cooked by a top chef has almost tripled its target of £5,000.

Building resilient local communities is at the heart of Transition; and access to good quality, fresh food that is healthy, for people and planet, is a core element.

The Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative (OBRC), parent organization to BottleDrop, announced a total of $10,000 in grant donations to help provide food assistance to those in need across Oregon during the holidays. The donations, generated through BottleDrop's Containers for Change program, were awarded to eight organizations with donation amounts ranging between $1,000 - $2,500. "There are heroes across our state helping people avoid hunger every day," said Eric Chambers, OBRC&...

There is a global food waste revolution happening with many changemakers creating solutions to help feed the hungry, to feed the soil, to repurpose food waste into renewable energy, and find innovative ways to sell food that otherwise would never be out in the supermarkets.

While the nation struggles through the cost of living crisis, farmers are being left with no choice but to burn excess crops...

A nonprofit that gathers food for those in need is gearing up for its busiest time of the year, and its looking for more volunteers.

Join Lisa from the Features Team as she takes a look at features you'll find in the August 20, 2022 issue of "The People's Friend".