ShareWe’ve upped the ante!  Now we’re going to donate 100 pounds of food for every share of this fact on your favorite social network! A donation of  $35 to Feeding South Florida feeds two families for eight days.  Share this message on any of your social networks (Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or Google+), and Tyson Foods will donate food to Feeding [...]

ShareWe’ve upped the ante!  Now we’re going to donate 100 pounds of food for every share of this fact on your favorite social network! 94% 0f those served by the Houston Food Bank are not homeless.   Share this message on any of your social networks (Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or Google+), and Tyson Foods will donate food to Houston Food Bank [...]

ShareWe’ve upped the ante!  Now we’re going to donate 100 pounds of food for every share of this fact on your favorite social network! Every day, 100,00 pounds of food are rescued in New York City by City Harvest.    Share this message on any of your social networks (Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or Google+), and Tyson Foods will donate food to [...]

Share We’ve upped the ante!  Now we’re going to donate 100 pounds of food for every share of this fact on your favorite social network! Share this message on any of your social networks (Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or Google+), and Tyson Foods will donate food to Food Bank for New York City. For each “share” between now and April 23, we’ll [...]

ShareWe’ve upped the ante!  Now we’re going to donate 100 pounds of food for every share of this fact on your favorite social network! Share this message on any of your social networks (Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or Google+), and Tyson Foods will donate food to Capital Area Food Bank of Texas in Austin, Texas.   For each “share” between now and [...]

ShareWe’ve upped the ante!  Now we’re going to donate 100 pounds of food for every share of this fact on your favorite social network! Share this message on any of your social networks (Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or Google+), and Tyson Foods will donate food to Los Angeles Regional Food Bank in Los Angeles.   For each “share” between now and April 23, [...]

ShareWe’ve upped the ante!  Now we’re going to donate 100 pounds of food for every share of this fact on your favorite social network! Nearly half of those served by Gleaners Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan in Detroit are children and seniors.   Share this message on any of your social networks (Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or Google+), and Tyson Foods will [...]

ShareWe’re doing a little experiment this month.  As part of Hunger Action Month we’re using Facebook to ask the public to cast votes for food banks located in ten areas rated among the highest with food insecurity.  The three food banks earning the most votes will receive a 30,000 pound truckload of protein each.  You can begin voting for your food bank of choice [...]

ShareThe Tyson KNOW Hunger campaign, launched a couple of weeks ago, is based on our own experience–and a nationwide survey we conducted with FRAC–that indicates often people see hunger as a national problem, but not so much in their own communities. This week Feeding America launched a phenomenal new tool to illustrate the face of hunger in the U.S.  Their Map [...]

Social media for social good expert Beth Kanter interviews Dan Michel, Digital Marketing Manager for Feeding America on how his group measures online ROI.

Share People who work in non-profits often see the incongruous phenomenon of many who have little giving a tremendous amount, either of their time, energy or their limited money.  Here Joanne Batson, CEO of the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia describes one such example.   This serves as an inspiration for us as we move into the holiday season.  Do you have examples from [...]

Bart Brown is the President/CEO of Ozarks Food Harvest, the Feeding America member food bank in Springfield, Missouri. Here he talks about the great work of the food bank. I was particularly touched by a story he told of a child who depended on the school backpack program, the son of a substance abusing mother, who had to hide his food, saving cans over months so he’d have enough to hold him over during school holidays.

Share        LULAC National President Rosa Rosales; Bob Jilbert, Roadrunner Food Bank; Tyson Team Members; LULAC Board Members   Four years ago, Tyson Foods and Feeding America formed an innovative partnership with the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), in which we committed to collaboratively donating one million pounds of food into communities with significant Hispanic populations [...]

Share I originally put this post up last February.  As we near the end of the school year, it’s important to consider just how important school lunch is to the nutritional needs of some kids.  And what is going to happen in a few weeks when summer vacation begins.   By Ed Nicholson                                                                           photo by eyeliam–Creative Commons A colleague of mine [...]

ShareWe started this Twitter list over a year ago with names of peope who have been active (online or offline) in the discussion  of hunger. Since then it’s grown as more and more people find Twitter a valid way to bring the community online.   From time to time, I’ll re-tweet the URL to this post. If you’d like your name [...]