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Delivering 10 million pounds before Thanksgiving

Sandy Washington

On July 8, Lifestyles of Maryland received over 4,000 gallons, of milk from Balford Farms. The USDA’s Farmers to Families Food Box program, a federally...

Rodger Williams

Rodger Williams unhooked his mask from around his ears, revealing lines drawn from his nose to the corners of his mouth. Rodger is in his seventies, or so we...

Peggy White Wellknown Buffalo

“I learned that what you give comes back to you many fold,” says Peggy White Wellknown Buffalo, founder of the Center Pole organization. “I grew up poor with...

Luis Yepiz is on a mission to ensure that “those in need get what they need to be fully functional people in society.” Luis works tirelessly to feed food...

Karen Belknap and Dr. Teadran White

What started as a small Church program became the epicenter of a food distribution site. Inspired Vision Compassion Center was founded when, in Karen...

“We just really wanna be out here and be a blessing and help who we can help—show [people] the love of God by being here and not just praying for it. Here’s...

Gwendena Lee-Gatewood

When I spoke with Tribal Chairwoman Gwendena Lee-Gatewood on Friday morning, she was busy organizing a mask drive. What started as a small project to...

Much like The Farmlink Project, San Jose SHIP Kits was born in response to the COVID-19 crisis. Eric Glader, along with a collection of individuals in Santa...

Emma Jagoz is a first-generation farmer, and the founder of Moon Valley Farm—a community-based farm in Woodsboro, Maryland. Since July, Moon Valley Farm and...

In normal times, Edwina Valdo, a tribal member and program coordinator at the Pueblo of Acoma, can be found working in the health and human services division...

At 6:45 am on August 11th, my dad and I arrived at an inconspicuous industrial warehouse lot in Secaucus, New Jersey. The world was already awake and...

Christine Hutchinson

In the town of Newburgh, New York, which lies along the Hudson River about 60 miles north of Manhattan, there is a cooperative community of youth involved in...