Check out the ways our food banks around the world helped their local Muslim community celebrate Ramadan and reduce food loss and waste

I caved to The Onion shakedown

The aid sector is overstretched, underfunded, unaccountable and seemingly unable to cope with exploding needs. I wrote about why local charities are now seen as the future of humanitarianism but still receive barely any donor money. theguardian.com/global-develop…

RIP Alice Munro. Nobody could end a short story like you. This one from “Silence”

Next week, we’re starting an exciting journey from farm to fork! Make sure you’re subscribed to our newsletter and following us here to come along: foodbanking.org/subscribe #MoreThanFood

Every day, tons of fresh produce rots in the field while millions go hungry. If you want to get a feel for the amazing work food banks around the world are doing for people and the planet, come check out our The Global FoodBanking Network #MorethanFood stories: foodbanking.org/morethanfood/

Earlier this year, I got to travel to Tegucigalpa to see how Banco Alimentos HN rescues surplus produce from farms and delivers it to some of the most marginalized communities in the city, with The Global FoodBanking Network's support. See how it works here: youtube.com/watch?v=WTfysw…

“ We've got to figure out how to waste less food because we're already putting in all the resources, the water, the land, the labor to grow this food. And then you have 1/3 of it being thrown away.” Our The Global FoodBanking Network CEO Lisa Moon on the The Climate One Podcast climateone.org/audio/you-gonn…

Notable - from nearly five years ago:

On the day of this border announcement, also worth noting the Biden admin also continues to fight families separated by Trump in court over restitution and has held exactly zero people accountable for the policy Biden himself called “criminal.”

One thing Biden is doing that Trump DID NOT do in his asylum ban: the admin. is making it HARDER for asylum-seekers from having the chance to enter the U.S. and get lesser forms of protection in court after being denied asylum.

For Velquiz Garcia, these surplus sweet potatoes and apples recovered from farms in Honduras are #MoreThanFood. They are a catalyst for a family’s generational health in a country where 19% of the population is undernourished. #WorldHungerDay Banco Alimentos HN

Wow what a quote from a Chinese asylum seeker. Americans must hear from these people!

I worked these last few days on this report that demonstrates the Mexican strategy for immigration control: tiring migrants and squeezing their money. With Megan Janetsky on the ground and María Verza from Mexico City for The Associated Press. apnews.com/article/mexico…

I’m in the forthcoming print issue of VANITY FAIR, accompanying tremendous photos by Go Nakamura with an essay on how a global displacement crisis has ended up on the doorstep of a country that has put as little thought as possible into what happens next. vanityfair.com/news/story/the…

With 31 million Nigerians projected by the U.N. to face acute hunger this year, Lagos Food Bank — with help from a GFN grant — has begun partnering with farmers to recover healthy surplus produce. 📺Watch to learn more via @VOAnews. voanews.com/a/nigerian-foo…

So proud to release this beautiful and devastating project in collaboration with the Colibrí Center. For 30 years, US border policies have killed and led to the disappearance of tens of thousands of mostly Indigenous, Brown, and Black people. It's time for a new approach.

They fled from their home countries. Now, they’ll compete in Paris for the Olympic refugee team. The Associated Press followed four refugee Olympians from across the world. Our story with Renata Brito Kirsten Grieshaber & Daniella Matar: apnews.com/article/paris-…

'Undocumented immigrants paid almost $100 billion of taxes, underscoring the importance of border policies on the country’s tax collections, according to a new report' bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

Wanna understand how food banks make a climate impact? Check out this piece from frida garza in grist grist.org/food-and-agric…