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The West Alabama Food Bank is increasing the number of mobile food pantries they send out to communities from once a week in the nine counties they serve to four times a week. But the cost of food has gone up so much that they aren’t sure how they’ll offset their costs. ...
Mid-week I had the opportunity to test out a food truck concept with our Instructors. As part of the test, I interviewed our middle school culinary club members how they thought we should use the truck. Although they were impressed by it, they were more interested in how the truck could ...
Alabama has a long list of banned species: the mongoose, jackrabbit, moose, deer, elk, fox, walking catfish, piranha, raccoons from outside of the state, wild rabbits or hare, coyote, skunk, and wild turkey, among others. Alabama also explicitly prohibits the release of any turkey (wild ...
All of the proceeds from the event support hunger relief programs at Harvest Regional Food Bank. Harvest serves more than 75 agencies in 9 counties in southwest Arkansas and Bowie County, Texas as well. In 2021 and 2022, Harvest distributed nearly 10 million pounds of food to our neighbors ...
“Some of the rural counties [in Alabama] are basically food deserts. That’s where the food is supposed to be grown and comes from,” Thurow said. “How crazy is that?” Thurow also discussed food insecurity across the nation.
Fort Meade is the last city you’ll be going through inPolk County. After this, you’ll go through 2 more counties, their county seats, and some other towns too. Bit likeUS 90, but flatter and less trees. But that’s all in the next post. Later, and see you on the road!
Beyond Food Distribution: The Context of Food Bank Innovation in Alabama. J. Hunger Environ. Nutr. 2020, 15, 553–573. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] Batziakas, K.G.; Stanley, H.; Batziakas, A.G.; Brecht, J.K.; Rivard, C.L.; Pliakoni, E.D. Reducing postharvest food losses in ...