Talk:Food bank

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 * What an intelligent remark, thank you!! 2001:8003:A070:7F00:5BD:89BF:F4AE:612F (talk) 06:57, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

America's Second Harvest
They changed their name to Feeding America, to more accurately reflect what they do. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.79.108.106 (talk) 12:58, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Pallet
I don't know much about this topic, but this line doesn't make much sense to me: "Those groups who serve people directly do not have the room, the warehousing skills or equipment to handle multiple pallets of product." Perhaps the contributor meant "palate"? I didn't change it because I was unsure of the intended meaning, but perhaps someone who is familiar with food banks should look at this. --Puddingpie 00:56, 29 July 2006 (UTC)


 * See Pallet --Rkm3612 16:24, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Globalization
Removed "globalization". This is a DOT COM website, globalization is unnecessary. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.215.157.32 (talk) 15:15, 4 April 2007


 * This will go back if the article is expanded and remains US-centric. Chris Cunningham 13:33, 21 September 2007 (UTC)


 * In any case, Wikipedia is a dot.org! 81.159.61.104 (talk) 23:42, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

One more addition
The Food Bank of the Hudson Valley should be added to the external links listed below. Here is its webpage --- []. It had made great process toward the cause and should, therefore, be given the same rights as the other organizations listed to be known about and receive support. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Litbearcat (talk • contribs) 16:34, 7 May 2007 (UTC).

Updates
I edited the text to give a better understanding of the role of food banks in addressing hunger, and also adding that this is primarily a U.S. organization. I also cleaned up the list of what a food bank typically distributes. I work with a large food pantry and food bank in Illinois. Andersonmb (talk) 19:54, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Complete re-write
I started out to edit this article but decided that it would benefit from a significant re-write and re-organization, especially to give it a more global perspective. And so, I have gone ahead and done that but it still needs significant work, particularly with references and links. I haven't quite figured out how to use the references from the previous edit. Hopefully I will have more time to work on those over the coming days. If people hate it, we can revert back. Do you hate it? What's missing?--Bruce Hall (talk) 07:59, 23 May 2010 (UTC)


 * The increase in Germany is staggering, from 4 in 1994 to 900 in 2013. There is a table on the German page, go from this article's page to Deutsch in the left pane and use "Tafel (Organisation)" I had no idea that the situation has deteriorated to this extent, probably through the less adequate social security reform under Schroeder, and the overproportional influx of asylum seekers who can't read or write the language of the country and therefore are less probable to find work. 121.209.56.83 (talk) 04:59, 26 December 2014 (UTC)

Do we need articles on both food banks and food rescue?
I don't think we need. Foodbanking is basically food rescue. I've started a section on Talk:Food_rescue for comments. --Bruce Hall (talk) 07:59, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Food pantries are not food banks
I've noticed that food pantry redirects to food bank but to me they are different types of organizations though many do call food pantries food banks. Food pantries are "retail" establishments that provide food directly to the hungry and are often in the US small and located in churches. They are sometimes just a small room or a closet and thereby resemble someone's pantry in their home. Pantries will often get food from foodbanks. I think there needs to be separate article on food pantries. --Bruce Hall (talk) 07:59, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

I have rephrased the introduction to further distinguish food banks from food pantries. Some food banks in Germany, for example Tafel Stuttgart, have multiple food pantries of their own. OzHarvest in Australia is another food bank with its own food pantries. I've removed the geographical distinctions, as there are numerous exceptions: For example, in Germany, food banks emerged as redistributors, and still redistribute to intermediaries to a large extent.--Y. Dongchen (talk) 09:57, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

Global Foodbanks
I noticed that there is a label saying that Wikipedia would like to get a more global focus on foodbanking and I have a partial list of some of the national foodbank networks throughout the world (essentially non-US versions of Feeding America), but am unable to edit the page because I'm a new member so I do not know much about editting or format posts.. If I posted some of that data here on the talk page would someone take the time to edit it?Gamma fi nu (talk) 15:07, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

Mexico's National Food Bank Network
The name of Mexico's Food bank network is "Banco de Alimentos de Mexico" or the Food bank of Mexico. They have been in operation for a long time and are actually one of the founding members of the Global Foodbanking Network underneath the link that was posted earlier.Gamma fi nu (talk) 14:29, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

Israel's National Food Bank Network
Leket Israel is the name of the Israeli National food bank network. One of their largest programs takes volunteers into the fields to save crops that have been left by farmers and machines and bring them to local food banks and pantries in order to provide those in need with food.Gamma fi nu (talk) 14:29, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

Food aid for pets
Thanks very much for adding the section on pets. Granted the source does once use the term "food bank", but according to many other sources, that isnt the standard usage for such establisments. The reason I renamed it is that at least 5 sources already in the article specifically point out that in the US, the term "food bank" is generally used for entities that perform a warehouse like function,  and not to refer to front line agencies, like the pet soup kitchen and pet food pantry mentioned in the source. If anything, Id say this section belongs much more in our Soup kitchen article. But no problem with it staying here if others prefer. FeydHuxtable (talk) 14:24, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Orphaned references in Food bank
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Reference named "blogs.spectator.co.uk": From United Kingdom government austerity programme: http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/2015/04/was-food-poverty-actually-higher-under-the-last-labour-government/ From David Cameron:  From Hunger in the United Kingdom:  

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The Spanish federation of food banks (FESBAL)

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And my edit summary. Federación Española de Bancos de Alimentos (FESBAL). And wikidata's. --PLA y Grande Covián (talk) 09:35, 20 March 2016 (UTC)
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 * The Spanish federation of food banks (FESBAL). --PLA y Grande Covián (talk) 10:49, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

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History (in USA at least)
Hi, I was just looking up the history of food banks and community pantries -- with an ulterior motive, see following -- and found the "very first" reference being dated as 1967. I believe my father, the Rev Roy Schippling, founded the Hemet (CA) Community pantry in the parish hall of the Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, circa 1965 (or even earlier, but I can't remember exactly). This is borne out on the About page of the current non-profit, although they mis-spelled his last name:

It was an outgrowth of his work with Salvation Army supported emergency relief, but I was not able to get him to comment on where he got the idea, before his death in 2003, so I can't really add much more. I don't know if this vague reference in the link above is good enough to claim precedence. It might be that the current church still has some related records, however it was fairly informal at the first.

I don't want to get into a mess by editing the wiki entry -- and might not be able to anyway. But is this worth pursuing?

thanks

65.19.8.50 (talk) 19:22, 28 October 2017 (UTC) Michael Schippling -- schip@etantdonnes.com

History: precedents (e.g. soup kitchens)
The article suggests the first food bank was in 1967. Throughout history there have been organisations that have shared food with the needy (e.g. religious groups), and also those which share prepared and ready-to-eat food (e.g. soup kitchens). The article would be strengthened by acknowledging earlier models of food distribution to the needy, and identifying what gives a 'food bank' its distinct characteristics (a clear definition that separates it from previous models of charitable food distibution).

Is the claim that foodbanks are the first charitable organisations in history that have as their main purpose the goal to "distribute food to those who have difficulty purchasing enough to avoid hunger"? mgaved (talk) 18:37, 26 April 2019 (UTC)

I volunteer for EFAA, a food bank in Boulder CO that started in 1918 to help people during the mining bust after WWI with "food, coal and basic household goods". We still have a "store" where local residents can "shop" at no cost for donated food and household goods. It's true that EFAA isn't only a food bank (we have over 50 housing units, provide financial assistance, and children's programming as well), but it's functioned as a food bank for over 100 years. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dmkimble (talk • contribs) 22:33, 20 March 2021 (UTC)

Section should be added?
Looks like a 'History' section should be added to the article for information contained the existing 'North America' section of the article as the text at the beginning of the section in question says 'History'. Xboxsponge15 (talk) 14:39, 21 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for pointing that out. Looks like a previous edit had mistakenly damaged the section header. PS - if you see other issues like this, you'd always be welcome to fix them directly on the article,  if you wanted to. FeydHuxtable (talk) 18:40, 23 October 2019 (UTC)

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