FOOD & WINE has launched the Grow for Good campaign to raise $1 million for Farm to Table, a national initiative dedicated to supporting local farms and encouraging sustainable agriculture.
Farm to Table was created to address the growing challenges facing American farms by:
FOOD & WINE wants to increase our country's access to healthy, fresh, locally grown ingredients. Grow for Good will support the American farmer and invest in sustainable agriculture by helping Farm to Table develop and expand its programs and services.
Visit Grow For Good »It takes about ten pounds of milk to make a pound of cheese.- USDA
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Updated daily, UNICEF.org explores the challenges facing the world's children, the actions being taken to improve their lives and the impact of those actions on individuals and communities. Our stories discuss current events from a unique perspective and are told in a variety of formats including video, audio and photo essays.
www.unicef.com »Meals On Wheels Association of America provides visionary leadership and professional training and develops partnerships that will ensure the provision of quality nutrition services. MOWAA member programs throughout the country provide nutritious meals and other nutrition services to men and women who are elderly, homebound, disabled, frail, or at risk.
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The mission of Feed The Children is to deliver food, medicine, clothing, and other necessities to families who lack these essentials due to famine, war, poverty, or natural disaster. In 2005, Feed The Children shipped more than 183 million pounds of food and other essentials to children and their families in all 50 states and internationally.
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The mission of Farm Aid is to keep family farmers on their land. Family farmers ensure safe, healthful food, protect natural resources, and strengthen local economies. Farm Aid promotes sustainable agriculture, fights factory farms, advocates for fair farm prices, and provides credit counseling and direct assistance to farm families.
www.farmaid.org »Share Our Strength, one of the nation's leading organization working to end to end childhood hunger in America, raises funds to ensure the nearly 14 million children facing hunger have access to the nutritious food they need to learn, grow and thrive over the long term.
www.strength.org »The American Red Cross is where people mobilize to help their neighbors - across the street, across the country, and across the world - in emergencies. Each year, in communities large and small, victims of some 70,000 disasters turn to neighbors familiar and new - the nearly one million volunteers and 35,000 employees of the Red Cross.
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America's Second Harvest - The Nation's Food Bank secures and distributes more than 2 billion pounds of donated food and grocery products annually; and supports approximately 50,000 local charitable agencies operating more than 94,000 programs through its Network of more than 200 member food banks and food-rescue organizations. Last year, the America's Second Harvest Network provided food assistance to more than 25 million low-income hungry people in the United States, including nearly 9 million children and nearly 3 million seniors.
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Oxfam America is an international relief and development organization that works to end poverty, hunger, and injustice. Working together with local partners in over 120 countries, Oxfam provides practical assistance to help people overcome poverty, respond to disasters, and secure their rights. To join our efforts or learn more: www.oxfamamerica.org.
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