The statement below is from Kate Leone, Chief Government Relations Officer at Feeding America, our national feeding partner. “As the country’s largest hunger-relief organization, Feeding America is relieved that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has withdrawn two harmful policies that would have taken meals off the tables of millions of families in the … [Read more...] about Revoking Harmful SNAP Policies by USDA
Advocacy
Second Harvest Goes “In Depth” with News 13 on COVID-19 Relief
The coronavirus pandemic brought a wave of hunger across Central Florida, as people lost their jobs and turned to Second Harvest Food Bank and its network of food pantries and meal programs to help put food on the table. Second Harvest Food Bank distributed an average of 300,000 meals a day in 2020, to the tune of 60 million meals since mid-March when the pandemic reached … [Read more...] about Second Harvest Goes “In Depth” with News 13 on COVID-19 Relief
Urgent – Tell Congress by 12/18: Don’t let USDA cut food support for food banks!
URGENT: Tell Congress that food banks, like Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida, will lose about 50 percent of the food they receive from USDA - a dramatic decrease of about 850 million nutritious meals food banks provide nationwide. Congress may vote on this issue as early as this week. Send your message by Friday, December 18th. During a time when there is no end … [Read more...] about Urgent – Tell Congress by 12/18: Don’t let USDA cut food support for food banks!
The inevitable “food cliff”
At a recent food distribution at Hummingbird Pantry in Titusville, Sam and his children drove through the line. As volunteers loaded up boxes of cereal and bags of fresh produce into the car, they saw a young boy look over the back seat to see what kinds of food were in the boxes. He whipped back around and asked: “Dad, are we going to eat today?” Sam began to cry and said, … [Read more...] about The inevitable “food cliff”
Second Harvest Food Bank’s Statement on the Release of the House of Representatives’ Updated HEROES Act
“Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida strongly supports the 15 percent benefit increase in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) included in the updated HEROES Act introduced in the House of Representatives. This past year, Second Harvest and the rest of Feeding America’s network of 200 food banks and 60,000 partner food pantries and meal programs have … [Read more...] about Second Harvest Food Bank’s Statement on the Release of the House of Representatives’ Updated HEROES Act
