Articles on Hunger and the Lowcountry Food Bank
Health, Wealthy and Wise: Collards can bring good lunck in a new way
[Teresa Taylor, Post and Courier, December 28, 2005]
The Lowcountry Food Bank has recruited farmers to grow vegetables for the food bank year-round, beginning with collard greens that are in the ground now. In addition to feeding the hungry and supporting farmers, the food bank hopes to increase the percentage of healthy food it distributes. Read More >>>
About Collards
[Teresa Taylor, Post and Courier, December 28, 2005]
Collards belong to the cabbage family, but are better known as greens. Greens are any sort of cabbage in which the leaves do not form a compact head. They are mostly kale, collards, turnip, spinach and mustard greens. Read More >>>
Life Experiences Prepared Food Bank Director for Job: D. Jermaine Husser
[Brenda Rindge, Post and Courier, December 17, 2005]
When Lowcountry Food Bank Executive Director Archie McRee stepped down earlier this year, D. Jermaine Husser was the obvious choice as his successor. Read More >>>
Locally Grown: Food Bank wants to give small farmers a boost [Jonathan Maze, Post and Courier, October 16, 2005]
Archie D. McRee has stepped down as head of the Lowcountry Food Bank to run its new Growing Food Locally program, an effort to help area farmers while improving the quality and healthiness of the food his agency provides. Read More >>>
Once-denied job applicant takes helm of Food Bank [Jonathan Maze, Post and Courier, October 6, 2005]
Husser becomes executive director as McRee focuses on other agency initiatives. Read More >>>
Food Bank on the hunt for new home [Jonathan Maze, Post and Courier, August 30, 2005]
Center forced to leaver former Navy base to make way for redevelopment project. Read More >>>
Grocer gives Food Bank $10,000 [Post
and Courier, June 23, 2005]
"We applaud Harris Teeter for being a part of a common-sense solution to
hunger for thousands of people who live in poverty in the Lowcountry," said
Archie D. McRee, executive director of the Lowcountry Food Bank. "Corporate
donations, such as Harris Teeter's, allow us to address the broader causes of
hunger by maintaining an operation that combines local, state and national anti-hunger
efforts. Read
More >>>
Two nonprofits honored
for management excellence [Post
and Courier, April 28, 2005]
The Lowcountry Food Bank and the Center for Women were recognized
recently as statewide examples of Excellence in Nonprofit Management
by the S.C. Association of Nonprofit Organizations. Read
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LCFB plays part in
broad national hunger survey [Post
and Courier, March 22]
"To end hunger, we
need to understand it." Ross Fraser, Second Harvest
spokesman For Velma Lebby, church isn't just a place to
feed her soul. It's also where she gets sustenance for
her stomach. The 74-year-old North Charles-ton retiree
lives on a fixed income. After she pays her mortgage and
utilities, little money is left out of her Social Security
check to pay for food. Read
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Working...And
Poor [Cover
Story - May 31, 2004]
In
today's cutthroat job market, the bottom rung is as
high as most workers will ever get. But the political
will to help them seems a long way off. Read
More >>>
By
Michelle Conlin and Aaron Bernstein of Business
Week
Profiles
of Low-Wage America[February
2004]
In America, it is possible to work full
time but not make a living. According to the Bureau
of Labor Statistics, more than 20 million workers earn
less than $9 an hour. At those wage levels, many people
have trouble affording the basics -- housing, food,
clothing, transportation and health care. Read
More >>>
By
Noah Adams of National
Public Radio
Budget
rules pinch renewal of U.S. child food aid [February
2004]
WASHINGTON, Feb 23 (Reuters) - The chairman
of the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee advocated broader
access to the school lunch program on Monday but warned
of a budget pinch that could affect renewal of U.S.
child nutrition programs. Read More >>>
By Reuters