Food Security and Hunger

A Feel-Good Follow to a Feel-Good Story

Southwest: They Do PR Wright

One Out of Four Texas Children Goes Hungry At Some Point During the Year

Hunger Strike

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Are You Still Celebrating the Willenium? Then Are You Ever in Luck, Dallas!

After the jump, the complete details on how to meetlook at Will Smith on Tuesday, when the formerly Fresh Prince comes to Dallas to not only sneak his latest feelgood redemption story, Seven Pounds, but to help fill the North Texas Food Bank's pantry before Thanksgiving. The trailer's also after ... More >>

Gettin' Jiggy with Holiday Giving at Will Smith's Dallas Premiere

Patrick Michels Will Smith pulls off the jersey and tie almost as heroically as Mayor Tom Leppert. Will Smith is all about good deeds these days, so if you wanted to catch the Dallas premiere of his new feel-good thriller Seven Pounds, you had to come with cans. Which was was cool with hundreds of ... More >>

Pulp Charity: Holiday Food Drive Horror Stories

Holiday giving is all around us now. If you're not already the generous type, you're being guilted into it by a bell-ringing Santa, or Will Smith, or even Wal-Mart.If you think you can get away with tossing another can of creamed spinach into the bin -- the one in your kitchen cabinet, back where yo ... More >>

Not Taking The Cake

Patrick MichelsThe 33 KDAF's Rebecca Miller dresses up her cake.In a scandal very much like the one where French and Russian figure skating judges fixed Olympics results, I was robbed this morning of a cake decorating crown that was--by at least one account--rightfully mine.But first, the important ... More >>

In Dallas, a Rise in Homelessness and Hunger Due to "Bleak" Economy

This morning, outside a rescue mission in Miami, the U.S. Conference of Mayors released a study concerning homelessness and hunger in 25 major cities, with Dallas among those participating in the survey. The section dealing specifically with the city can be found on Page 30 of the 85-page report, bu ... More >>

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Cuba Libre

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Park Avenue

Nice Cans

Park Avenue

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Park Avenue

Soup's On

Empty Bowls takes an artful approach

Charity Spaghetti

Donate pasta at Ferré

From the Ground Up

Central Dallas Ministries helps the poor find their own bootstraps

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Generosity warms Buzz's cold heart

Feed the Need

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Green Giant

Nobel laureate Norman Borlaug is credited with saving the lives of 1 billion people. So why is a small cadre of activists bent on tarnishing his legacy?

Saturday, In Nokia

Nobel laureate Norman Borlaug is credited with saving the lives of 1 billion people. So why is a small cadre of activists bent on tarnishing his legacy?

Can It

Nobel laureate Norman Borlaug is credited with saving the lives of 1 billion people. So why is a small cadre of activists bent on tarnishing his legacy?

The New Faces of Hunger in North Texas

​When the U.S. Department of Agriculture released a report earlier this week that placed Texas second only to Mississippi when it comes to the swelling ranks of hungry residents, Jan Pruitt wasn't surprised. After all, the president and CEO of the North Texas Food Bank had just released her own da ... More >>

Pints And Cans

​When the U.S. Department of Agriculture released a report earlier this week that placed Texas second only to Mississippi when it comes to the swelling ranks of hungry residents, Jan Pruitt wasn't surprised. After all, the president and CEO of the North Texas Food Bank had just released her own da ... More >>

Happy Turkey Day

​When the U.S. Department of Agriculture released a report earlier this week that placed Texas second only to Mississippi when it comes to the swelling ranks of hungry residents, Jan Pruitt wasn't surprised. After all, the president and CEO of the North Texas Food Bank had just released her own da ... More >>

Another Unfair Park Auction for the North Texas Food Bank: A Very Special Rockers vs Mods Hardcover Coffee-Table Book!

Danny Hurley made three hardcover books featuring Rockers vs. Mods photos. One of them can be yours.​Good Friend of Unfair Park Bill Holston just returned from a tour of the North Texas Food Bank's operations in advance of a KERA-FM (90.1) commentary he's writing for broadcast next week. He sends ... More >>

One Wise Week

Danny Hurley made three hardcover books featuring Rockers vs. Mods photos. One of them can be yours.​Good Friend of Unfair Park Bill Holston just returned from a tour of the North Texas Food Bank's operations in advance of a KERA-FM (90.1) commentary he's writing for broadcast next week. He sends ... More >>

Bowl Game

Danny Hurley made three hardcover books featuring Rockers vs. Mods photos. One of them can be yours.​Good Friend of Unfair Park Bill Holston just returned from a tour of the North Texas Food Bank's operations in advance of a KERA-FM (90.1) commentary he's writing for broadcast next week. He sends ... More >>

Food Bank CEO Says Hunger Report Reveals Chasm Between "The Two Dallases"

​Food-relief agencies across the country spent the better part of today poring over documents that tell them what they already know and have known for months, if not longer: There are more people going hungry in this country than there were in 2006, the last time Feeding America commissioned a Hun ... More >>

There Is Strength In Flavors

​Food-relief agencies across the country spent the better part of today poring over documents that tell them what they already know and have known for months, if not longer: There are more people going hungry in this country than there were in 2006, the last time Feeding America commissioned a Hun ... More >>

North Texas Food Bank Looks to Set Can Collection Record

The North Texas Food Bank is on track to set a record for most cans collected during the State Fair of Texas. Canstruction 2010​Today's the third "It's a Fair Deal" Wednesday, on which three canned food items are redeemable for $2 admission. The food bank's haul last week was a record-breaking 64 ... More >>

North Texas Food Bank Sets State Fair Record

Tallies of how much food was consumed at the State Fair of Texas this year aren't yet available, but the amount of food donated was record-setting. ​The North Texas Food Bank this morning announced its haul over a series of collection Wednesdays came to 177,558 pounds, breaking the previous r ... More >>

High Turkey Prices Won't Keep North Texas Food Bank from Giving Away Birds

​The North Texas Food Bank won't face the same turkey shortages plaguing food pantries in West Texas. As KOSA-TV reported this morning, the West Texas Food Bank is scrapping turkey distribution for the first time in a decade, citing the high cost of turkey meat. Inflation and a poor harvest o ... More >>

Charitable Eating: Enjoy a Guilt-Free Thanksgiving

​If you're feeling a little guilty that your Thanksgiving is going to feature three turkeys, 27 different sides and the Mississippi River's worth of wine while others go without, relax. Dallas has plenty of charitable eating options coming up this month. The place: Smashburger The cause: Salv ... More >>

North Texas Food Bank's Text Donation Program Falters

​Mobile giving, which was touted in the wake of the Haiti earthquake earlier this year as a high-tech way of invigorating philanthropy, hasn't panned out for the North Texas Food Bank. The hunger relief organization rolled out its text-to-give program this month, and has thus far collected on ... More >>

Sadler's Smokhouse Donates 6.5 Tons of Meat
To North Texas Food Bank

​Sadler's Smokehouse this week donated 13,000 pounds of pit-smoked brisket, ribs, pork and chicken to the North Texas Food Bank, a gift that poses a holiday cooking quandary for recipients: Just how do you build a Thanksgiving celebration around a nontraditional protein? According to Katherin ... More >>

Filling the Bank with Rock

​Sadler's Smokehouse this week donated 13,000 pounds of pit-smoked brisket, ribs, pork and chicken to the North Texas Food Bank, a gift that poses a holiday cooking quandary for recipients: Just how do you build a Thanksgiving celebration around a nontraditional protein? According to Katherin ... More >>

Walmart Needs Friends. Hungry Need Food. So...

​With 22 days left for online voting, Dallas is trailing the leader in a Walmart-sponsored contest for food bank funding by more than 11,000 votes. Walmart's "Fighting Hunger Together" program pits the nation's 100 metropolitan areas with the highest rates of food hardship against one another ... More >>

Dallas, FW and Arlington Mayors Ask Locals to "Like" Food Bank Campaign, Lest Area Lose Out

​Meant to get to this a few days ago, when a Friend of Unfair Park directed our attention to Walmart's Fighting Hunger Together website. Long story short: Walmart, in conjunction with the Food Research and Action Center, is doling out $1.5 million to food banks nationwide. But it's handing out the ... More >>

This Holiday Be Good, Be Full, Be Timely

​Lest we forget our fellow man in the flurry of cookie baking and online shopping, here are a few goings-on in Dallas to tickle your good-will lobe. The Thing: Deep Ellum Outdoor Market The Cause: Local artists, crafters and businesses The Deep Ellum Outdoor Market is setting up shop this Sat ... More >>

Tonight: Rock Out for the North Texas Food Bank

​Instead of watching 30 Rock in your pajamas tonight, go rock out for a good cause. Rock 'n' Taco is hosting Rock'n Out Hunger, a night of food, fashion, and music that benefits the North Texas Food Bank. There will be drink and food specials all night, plus music from Hair Ballad All-Stars and ... More >>

Dallas-FW, Briefly a Top-Five Contender in $1.5-Mil Food Bank Challenge, Is Falling Fast

​Two weeks ago today, Mayors Tom Leppert, Mike Moncrief and Robert Cluck asked locals to "like" Walmart's Fighting Hunger Together campaign, which is doling out $1.5 million to food banks nationwide -- $1 million to the top Facebook vote-getter, and $100,000 each to the next five highest-ranking c ... More >>

Sip, Savor and See How You're Making a Difference

​Sip wine and feel good about more than the antioxidants this week in Dallas. Read on. The Event: Savor Dallas The Cause: North Texas Food Bank The Scoop It will be a feel-good festival of premier chefs, food and drinks at the seventh Savor Dallas event on March 18 and 19. Said premier chefs ... More >>

Rawlings, Kunkle Dispute Cause of Domestic Violence During Food Bank Debate

Okpa, Kunkle, Natinsky and Rawlings at North Texas Food Bank debate this morning​There was a rather interesting exchange between mayoral candidates Mike Rawlings and David Kunkle at this morning's mayoral debate at the North Texas Food Bank. And it began with a question posed to all four candidate ... More >>

Mayoral Candidates Address Issues of Hunger

Forthcoming in moments, Sam's recap of this morning's ballot-place-picking procedure at Dallas City Hall. But two days ago we listened in as the four candidates for Dallas mayor -- Mike Rawlings and David Kunkle especially -- debated the root cause of domestic violence at the North Texas Food Bank's ... More >>

With a Tailgate Party Like This, Who Needs a Game?

Lauren Drewes DanielsRathbun's Blue Plate Kitchen served up buffalo sliders, white cheddar cheese, Dr Pepper barbecue sauce and spicy bread & butter pickles.​Well, everyone played nice. There were no incidents of belligerence to report. No picket lines were formed. No stones were thrown. Inste ... More >>

Third Annual Taste of West Village Benefiting the North Texas Food Bank

​The West Village may seem more crowded than usual tonight, but before getting too upset about the traffic and cursing the fact that you have to park on the roof of the parking garage, rest assured that all the commotion is for a good cause. The neighborhood is hosting its third annual Taste of We ... More >>

Dole's Quasi-Food Truck Is Stoppin' in Dallas

St. Louis Foodbank's Flickr​Dole calls it a food truck. I call it a big bus that hands out free fruit cups. Regardless of what "it" is, "it" is for a good, charitable cause! Dole, the largest producer of fruits and vegetables in the world, is melon-balls deep into a 12-city tour in which t ... More >>

At the Tomato Fight, Someone Should Have Chucked One at the Organizers

Stephen Masker​Back in October we told you about the Tomato Battle, a new event that featured people throwing old tomatoes at each other. Seemed like the sort of thing that was more fun in theory than in sticky practice, and there were complaints that the event would waste food. But the organi ... More >>

$1.7 Million in State Grant Available for Your Snazzy Squash Marketing Campaign Idea

TexaSweet Citrus Marketing​The USDA has awarded the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) $1.7 million in federal funds for a Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP). Through February 23 of this year, the TDA is accepting proposals for the funding of projects designed to raise awareness and ... More >>

Restaurant Week is Growing in Popularity, Especially at Pappas Bros. and Al Biernat's

​ Organizers for KRLD Restaurant Week have announced the haul associated with last year's event: $695,000, raised for the North Texas Food Bank and the Lena Pope Home. The previous year brought in $605,000, as reported on City of Ate. Pappas Bros. Steakhouse, Al Biernat's and III Forks toppe ... More >>