Reinventing Food Banks and Pantries: New Tools to End Hunger By Katie S. Martin

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In the US, there is a wide-ranging network of at least 370 food banks, and more than 60,000 hunger-relief organizations such as food pantries and meal programs. These groups provide billions of meals a year to people in need. And yet hunger still affects one in nine Americans. What are we doing wrong?In Reinventing Food Banks and Pantries, Katie Martin argues that if handing out more and more food was the answer, we would have solved the problem of hunger decades ago. Martin instead presents a new model for charitable food, one where success is measured not by pounds of food distributed but by lives changed. The key is to focus on the root causes of hunger. When we shift our attention to strategies that build empathy, equity, and political will, we can implement real solutions. Martin shares those solutions in a warm, engaging style, with simple steps that anyone working or volunteering at a food bank or pantry can take today. Some are short-term strategies to create a more dignified experience for food pantry clients: providing client choice, where individuals select their own food, or redesigning a waiting room with better seating and a designated greeter. Some are longer-term: increasing the supply of healthy food, offering job training programs, or connecting clients to other social services. And some are big picture: joining the fight for living wages and a stronger social safety net.These strategies are illustrated through inspiring success stories and backed up by scientific research. Throughout, readers will find a wealth of proven ideas to make their charitable food organizations more empathetic and more effective. As Martin writes, it takes more than food to end hunger. Picking up this insightful, lively book is a great first step.

At this time of writing, The Audiobook Reinventing Food Banks and Pantries: New Tools to End Hunger has garnered 9 customer reviews with rating of 5 out of 5 stars. Not a bad score at all as if you round it off, it’s actually a perfect TEN already. From the looks of that rating, we can say the Audiobook is Good TO READ!

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The food insecurity biz is a funny old world. Drunk on our own virtue, it is sometimes hard to contemplate we might be doing it wrong - or at least might be doing some things better. I remember driving to our Pantry through deserted streets in the early days of the pandemic - no WFH options for us - to serve the hundreds of new folks who suddenly and desperately needed help. I wasn't even getting paid, so it was obvious to me Sainthood was just around the corner!And yet, and yet, something about the Pantry and the vast food insecurity system in America had always troubled me. Surely with the billions of pounds of food being thrown at the problem every year, it should be solved by now. Katie Martin's book helps explain why it has not, and how, at least in non-COVID times, we could indeed be doing better. Written in a very conversational style, it is a quick read but also contains lots of references to a wealth of deeper resources that in turn lead to yet more.To be honest, I was primed not to like this book - food pantries and food banks (where Dr Martin works) are in an odd relationship. I guess I was expecting more of a "I'm from corporate and I'm here to help" flavor to the writing. But for the most part, the book anticipates and addresses that objection, though you might pick up faint echoes of it if you are particularly sensitized to that sort of thing. Definitely does not warrant dilution of the solid five stars.In short, my best compliment for the book is that I wish I had written it, even though I don't have an ounce of the knowledge and experience of the author. At least she doesn't veer completely into my lane - which is the vast comedic potential of my and I suspect all pantries and food banks. Amidst the sadness and tragedy, there is no more satisfying day at the office than having a laugh with a guest or fellow volunteer about something or nothing, and how we all came to be in such a pickle.

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