Wednesday 24 June 2020
I write this in mid-June with recent information from Second Harvest and Hunger Solutions before me.* Not only has the COVID-19 pandemic brought increased food shelf usage to many, but…
Read PostSunday 31 May 2020
I know about footprints, especially as the snow melts and the muddy season arrives each spring. But what on earth, you ask, is a foodprint? While I was checking information…
Read PostThursday 07 May 2020
Mondays are meal days at Open Hands Midway, housed at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in the Midway. By noon, when the doors open, the line sometimes snakes around the corner of…
Read PostSunday 19 April 2020
April 22, 2020 will be the 50th anniversary of Earth Day first celebrated in 1970 when 20 million Americans came to streets and campuses around the country to protest environmental…
Read PostMonday 23 March 2020
Ryan P. Cumming, program director for hunger education with ELCA World Hunger posted this message on March 16. He highlights the effect of COVID-19 on the emergency food system and…
Read PostFriday 28 February 2020
With all the discussion, turmoil, and conflicting information about immigrants to our United States and what they bring and/or take from us who live here, I thought these facts just…
Read PostThursday 30 January 2020
The Fate of Food: What We’ll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World by Amanda Little is a new and amazing book. Little is an award-winning journalist who is also…
Read PostThursday 02 January 2020
My recent visit to the eye doctor made me think about vision both in a physical sense and as a hope, dream, and plan for the future. No, I no…
Read PostFriday 06 December 2019
ELCA World Hunger has a helpful new (and downloadable) resource titled “Know Your Neighborhood.” It would be an excellent way for your congregation/hunger committee to evaluate the needs and strengths…
Read PostWednesday 30 October 2019
This post includes excerpts of an article from Lutheran World Federation, contributed by Sophie Gebreyes, LWF Country Representative in Ethiopia. Photo credit: LWF/ Yitbarek FREW You may read the full…
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