To do this, the network is sourcing and distributing more “Foods to Encourage”-foods that promote good health and align with the USDA’s Dietary Guidelines, such as fruits, vegetables, dairy, whole grains and protein. We are focused on ensuring that the people we serve have access to enough nutritious food for themselves and their families. INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES: Feeding America develops innovative strategies that help us capture and distribute more food with the greatest efficiency. Then, coordinates transportation of donations to member food banks, which ensure the safe storage and reliable distribution of food to local food pantries and meal programs, which in turn, provide the food and grocery items directly to people in need in local communities across the U.S.
Feeding America cultivates partnerships to secure donations from national food and grocery manufacturers, retailers, foodservice locations, shippers, packers and growers and from government agencies, and other organizations. HOW WE WORK: The process of getting food to Americans in need requires a dynamic infrastructure and sophisticated management. Feeding America also supports programs that improve food security among the people we serve educates the public about the issue of hunger and advocates for legislation that protects people so they do not have to struggle with hunger. We work through 60,000 food pantries and meal programs and engage more than 2 million volunteers monthly in communities across the U.S. Currently, the USDA reports that 38 million people, which is 1 in 9, face hunger, including 11 million children. As a result of COVID-19, Feeding America provided 6.6 billion meals to people facing hunger, an increase of 2 billion meals over 2019, serving individuals, children, families, seniors in rural, suburban and urban areas across the U.S.
In 2020, 60 million people were served by the charitable food system. WHO WE ARE: Feeding America is a nationwide network of 199 member food banks that leads the fight against hunger in the U.S.
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