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Delivering 10 million pounds before Thanksgiving

The Farmlink Project in Texas

Since devastating storms struck Texas last month, its farms have suffered unfathomable losses while food banks have seen dramatic increases in demand. Record...

San Antonio Food Bank Braves Natural Disasters to Serve Record Numbers of Texans

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the San Antonio Food Bank served almost 60,000 food-insecure individuals each week. Founded in 1980 as part of the Feeding America

At 3:30 in the morning, while most of Los Angeles County sleeps, Martha Barajas is awake picking up surplus donations for United Hands Multipurpose Center’s...

A Dive Into Agriculture Policy

In recognition of our incredible partnering farmers, we reflected on the policies that created the agricultural system we rely...

President Biden’s Plans for the American Food System

The Farmlink Project’s mission is simple: to provide nutritious food to those who need it most. However, the underlying issues that make this mission necessa...

Bringing on Our Winter Team

Prior to the fall quarter, Farmlink Project team member Audrey Slatkin had served as head of the Farms Research Team, but as team members returned to school...

Mission Impossible: One Million Thanksgiving Meals

For many of us, Thanksgiving is a day we eagerly await each year—when we get to spend time with family and friends over a plentiful feast. Yet, while we load...

“When you have, you give.” That’s the motto that Brette Waters, Executive Director (and only employee) of Chefs to End Hunger, lives her life by. And boy...

Stella Delp’s first role at The Farmlink Project was the “lettuce lady,” calling farms to inquire about surplus greens.After being sent home from her...

“When the community comes together, [it is] a beautiful thing to see through this tragedy. No one asked about party affiliations...we can come together. We...

Tim Bradford has education at the top of his mind. As the Program Coordinator for the Society of Saint Andrew (SoSA) in Jackson, Mississippi, Tim organizes...

Senator Jessica Ramos

With the increasing unemployment and food insecurity rates that ensued in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Senator Jessica Ramos knew that she needed to do...