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FOOD BANK
FOODBANK
A food bank, or foodbank, is a non-profit,
charitable organization that distributes
mostly donated food to a wide variety of
agencies that in turn feed the hungry.
The largest sources of food are for-profit
growers, manufacturers, distributors and
retailers who in the normal course of
business have excess food that they
cannot sell.
After sorting and inventory, a food bank
distributes the food to 100 to 1,000
non-profit community or government
agencies, including but not limited to
food pantries, soup kitchens, homeless
shelters, orphanages, and schools.
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STANDARD
MODEL
With thousands of food banks on six continents
there are many different models. However there
are some elements that food banks share.
There is typically one food bank in a city
which runs a centralized warehouse. Like a
blood bank, that warehouse serves as a
single collection and distribution point
for food donations. A food bank operates
a lot like a for-profit food distributor,
but in this case it distributes food to
charities not to food retailers.
The largest portion of donated food comes
from food leftover from the normal processes
of for-profit companies. This food can come
from any part of the food chain, e.g. from
growers who have produced too much or whose
food is not visual appealing enough, from
manufacturers who overproduced, or from
retailers who over-ordered.
FOOD BANK
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_bank
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FOOD BANK
FOODBANK
LINKS
Action Against Hunger - USA
http://www.actionagainsthunger.org
Action Against Hunger UK
http://www.aahuk.org/
Agape Distribution
http://www.agapedistribution.org/
American Indian Children Hunger Fund
http://www.americanindianchildren.org/
Appalachian Region Missions, Inc.
http://www.appalachianregionmissions.org
Bread for the World
http://www.bread.org/
Breedlove Dehydrated Foods
http://www.breedlove.org/
Chalukas Mazon L'Shabbos
http://www.chmol.com
Children of the Nations International (COTNI)
http://cotni.org
Children's Hunger Fund
http://www.chfus.org/
Doodle For Hunger
http://www.doodleforhunger.com/
Empty Bowls
http://www.emptybowls.net/
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Feeding Children Better Foundation
http://www.feedingchildrenbetter.org/
Focus America: People Helping People
http://focusamerica2.blogspot.com/
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
http://www.fao.org
The Food Chain
http://www.foodchain.org.uk
Food For All
http://www.foodforall.org
Food for Life Global
http://www.ffl.org
Food for the Poor, Inc.
http://www.foodforthepoor.org/
Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping Systems (FIVIMS)
http://www.fivims.net
Food on Foot
http://www.foodonfoot.org/
Food Pantry Guide
http://www.cofchrist.org/hunger/pantry/default.asp
Food Relief
http://www.foodrelief.org
Freedom from Hunger
http://www.freedomfromhunger.org/
Friends of the World Food Programme
http://www.friendsofwfp.org
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Give a Hand to a Friend Association
http://www.yadlehaver.org.il/En/Us/default.asp
Harvest Time International
http://www.harvest-time.org
Hosea Feed The Hungry and Homeless
http://www.hoseafeedthehungry.com/
Hunger Action Network of New York State
http://www.hungeractionnys.org/
The Hunger Project
http://www.thp.org/
Hunger Solutions Minnesota
http://www.hungersolutions.org/
Hunger Strike Force
http://www.hungerstrikeforce.com
International Food Policy Research Institute
http://www.ifpri.org/
Loaves & Fishes
http://www.loavesfishes.org
Malnutrition Matters
http://www.malnutrition.org/
MAZON:
http://www.mazon.org/
National Hunger Awareness Day
http://www.hungerday.org
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Nationwide Food Banks
http://www.foodpantries.org
Nourish The Children
http://www.globalopportunities.my-ntc.com
Nourish the Children
http://www.nourishthechildren.com
One Meal
http://www.onemeal.com/
Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa
http://www.africanhunger.org/
Rice Bowls, Inc.
http://www.ricebowls.org
Saint Mary's Soup Kitchen
http://www.angelfire.com/space/soupkitchen/index.html
Share Our Strength (SOS)
http://www.strength.org/
Stop Hunger Now
http://www.stophungernow.org/
thiINK Food
http://www.think-food.com/
United Nations World Food Programme
http://www.wfp.org/
Vrindavan Food for Life
http://www.fflvrindavan.org/
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Wayside Soup Kitchen
http://www.waysidesoupkitchen.org/
The Wilkinson Center
http://www.wilkinsoncenter.org
World Community Fund Against Hunger (FMSCF)
http://www.globenet.org/fmsfaim/
The World Food Prize
http://www.worldfoodprize.org/
World Hunger Year (WHY)
http://www.worldhungeryear.org/
World Peace Flag Organization
http://www.worldpeaceflag.org/
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FOOD BANK
FOODBANK
RESOURCES
Ag Against Hunger
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ag_Against_Hunger
BALMEVG
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BALMEVG
Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerson_Good_Samaritan_Food_Donation_Act
Feeding America
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feeding_America
Food Not Bombs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_Not_Bombs
Food Salvage
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_Salvage
Food Stamp Program
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_Stamp_Program
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Gleaners
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleaners
Good Shepherd Food Bank
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Shepherd_Food_Bank
National Association of Letter Carriers annual food drive
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Association_of_Letter_Carriers#Annual_food_drive
Northwest Harvest
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Harvest
Feeding America
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feeding_America
Homeless shelters
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeless_shelters
Orphanages
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphanages
Schools
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schools
Soup kitchens
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soup_kitchens
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