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Farmers Ending Hunger

In 2004, galvanized by the hunger crisis that continues to plague Oregon, Fred Ziari founded Farmers Ending Hunger. A 20-year veteran of agri-business, he was determined to find a way to use the region’s bountiful agricultural resources to fight hunger in local communities.

Today, Farmers Ending Hunger has dozens of committed partners in local family farmers, growers and ranchers who donate a portion of the food they grow. But additional resources are necessary to harvest and process the raw crops into food products that are easily stored and distributed to the hungry through emergency food networks in Oregon and Southwest Washington. More

Food Accelerator

segSocial Enterprise Greenhouse 10 Davol Square Suite# 100, Providence, Rhode Island, 02903 401-272-2558
CEO: Kelly Ramirez
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Our goal is to provide much needed business acumen training to do well, do good food businesses. Any type of food related social enterprise is welcome to apply.

With the introduction of our Food Accelerator, we aim to help New England regional food-focused social enterprises address this problem! Thanks to funding from the Henry P. Kendall Foundation, SEG hopes to collaborate with other organizations working in the food space to support ventures that prioritize our local food and economy.

Farm Fresh Rhode Island

Farm Fresh Rhode Island
1005 Main St.  #8130  Pawtucket, RI  02860  401.312.4250 
Co-Executive Directors Sheri Griffin and Jesse Rye  
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Farm Fresh Rhode Island is growing a local food system that values the environment, health and quality of life of RI farmers and eaters.

Part incubator, part activator, our programs grow the local food system by building capacity in three areas: Producers → Markets → Eaters

Vision

A New England abundant with diverse family farms and fertile soils, with locally and honestly produced foods and flavors at the heart of every dinner table.

Objectives

  • Preserve Rhode Island farmland and our agricultural and culinary knowledge
  • Build healthier communities
  • Increase access to fresher, tastier food
  • Improve impact of food production and distribution on our environment
  • Strengthen community-based businesses

Hunger Volunteer.org

hungerfreeamericaHunger Free America  50 Broad Street, Suite 1103 New York, NY 10004 (212) 825-0028
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Forty-eight million Americans – including 15 million American children – struggle against hunger. America has the power to make itself entirely hunger free. But seasonal and charitable work, like packing food pantry bags or volunteering at soup kitchens alone can’t end hunger. Higher impact volunteer work, like volunteering professional skills at an anti-hunger organization or advocating for a stronger safety net or higher wages can make a bigger difference in the fight to end hunger. Watch the video below to see how you can help make a hunger free America a reality.

HungerVolunteer.org can help you get started finding high impact volunteer opportunities in your community. If you need more assistance, emailHelp@HungerVolunteer.org to learn more about our Ending Hunger Through Citizen Service program.

Food Waste Reduction Alliance

fwrab1350 Eye (I) Street NW Suite 300 Washington, DC 20005
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Franklin Farm

logofoodbankRhode Island Community Food Bank
200  Niantic Avenue, Providence, RI 02907  401.942.6325
Contact: Chief Executive Officer,  Andrew Schiff 
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142 Abbot Run Valley Road, Cumberland
Coordinator: Denise Mudge (401) 334-0133
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Organized for charitable and educational purposes including, but not limited to preserving, maintaining and improving the eighteenth and nineteenth century homestead of the Metcalf-Franklin Farm.
Franklin Farm, in Cumberland, RI, is a town-owned historic farm. Recently added to the National Register of Historic Places, Franklin Farm encompasses over 65 acres of land and includes a mid-19th century Greek Revival-style farmhouse; an early-19th century timber-framed barn; a ca. 1903 dairy barn; and a 20th-century garage.

Used for many years as a dairy farm, the land and buildings now belong to the public, under the direction of the Historic Metcalf-Franklin Farm Preservation Association. Many town programs are run on the site, and the farm is home to a community garden and farm stand.

Feed the Future

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There is broad consensus that reducing global poverty and hunger requires accelerating growth in the agriculture sector. Recent studies suggest that every 1 percent increase in agricultural income per capita reduces the number of people living in extreme poverty by between 0.6 and 1.8 percent. Feed the Future strives to increase agricultural production and the incomes of both men and women in rural areas who rely on agriculture for their livelihoods. Investments in inclusive agriculture-led growth encompass improving agricultural productivity, expanding markets and trade, and increasing the economic resilience of vulnerable rural communities. Feed the Future seeks to unleash the proven potential of small-scale agricultural producers to deliver results on a large scale.

Food Research & Action Center

1200 18th Street NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20036
202. 986.2200
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Leading national nonprofit organization working to improve public policies and public-private partnerships to eradicate hunger and undernutrition in the United States. FRAC works with hundreds of national, state and local nonprofit organizations, public agencies, corporations and labor organizations to address hunger, food insecurity, and their root cause, poverty. As Congress Daily has written, FRAC is “the premier anti-hunger group in Washington.”