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Student and admin-led efforts are leading the charge to stop food insecurity on Canadian university campusesUniversity of Guelph: Student FoodBank The student association at the University of Guelph recognizes that students often have to make very difficult financial choices and are forced to compromise on both quality and quantity. In response, the association set up a campus food bank, which…

Everyone has favorite foods that they miss from home, wherever home may be. As an American Jew, one of the food items I miss most is the bagel. A dense savory bread with origins in both Eastern Europe and New York, it is the quintessential food of my people. Increasingly becoming popular among Chinese people and sold as 犹太圈 (literally ‘Jew Loops’) in Shanghai or the somewhat more…

National problemIn some ways, food banks across the San Francisco Bay Area are experiencing a microcosm of what is playing out at food banks nationwide. A recent report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture found that in 2020, families with children were hit harder with food insecurity and experienced an increase in hunger. But the recovery is not occurring equally across cities, regions and…