The Vermont Foodbank is participating in Hunger in America 2014, a national study conducted across the Feeding America network. Feeding America is a network of more than 200 food banks across the U.S., of which the Vermont Foodbank is a member. Conducted every four years, Hunger in America, is the largest study of charitable food [...]
A charitable campaign sponsored by Hannaford Supermarkets is contributing $994,674 in product and cash donations to food banks and food pantries in five states, including $120,098 in Vermont. During the holiday season, the Hannaford Helps Fight Hunger program invited customers to donate money at the register, buy boxes of food staples for local pantries and [...]
If Congress does not take bipartisan action on the federal budget this week, “sequestration” (DC-speak for deep, mandatory budget cuts) will go into effect. The budget cuts amount to $85 billion and will have disturbing effects on the economy, the nation’s poor, and the work of the Vermont Foodbank. In Mother Jones, Erica Eichelberger (“12 Ways the [...]
Vermont Foodbank staff went to the Vermont State House on Hunger Awareness Day, Feb. 12th, to connect with legislators and to drive home the point that hunger exists in every community in Vermont. More than 88,000 Vermonters live in poverty (2010). In 2012, the Vermont Foodbank distributed more than 8 million pounds of food to [...]
On January 1, Congress passed an agreement to avert the “Fiscal Cliff” and prevent tax rates from rising on 98% of Americans. As part of the deal, the automatic spending cuts (sequestration) that were scheduled to go into effect on January 1 have been postponed for two months. The measure also included [...]
This Thursday, in Montpelier, VT at the Hunger Mountain Coop, fill your growler with delicious Hill Farmstead brew. For every growler filled, $2 will be donated to the Vermont Foodbank. Hope to see you there from 3PM to 6PM! Learn more about this event here.
