What if you didn’t need to take medication or get an expensive treatment to manage your disease? What if instead of prescribing drugs your doctor wrote you a prescription for vegetables?
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Terra GR Puts Hunger Relief on Menu for Restaurant Week
Grand Rapids, Michigan — Aug. 9, 2016 — Terra GR is expecting big crowds when Restaurant Week begins this Wednesday, but they’re hoping to feed more than their own patrons.
Could Chopping the Price of Produce Save Lives?
March 3, 2016 — We all know a diet filled with fruits and vegetables is good for us. And if you keep up on hunger news, you know that good nutrition is hard for food-insecure Americans to come by. But … Continue reading
Weingartz aims to Mow Down Hunger across Michigan during 6th-annual campaign
Comstock Park, Michigan — Sept. 14, 2015 — September is Hunger Action Month. For three Michigan food banks, that means donations will go twice as far, thanks to Weingartz’s Mow Down Hunger campaign. During the campaign, which runs from Sept. … Continue reading
Feeding America West Michigan’s luncheon raises $59,000 for hunger relief
Comstock Park, Michigan — June 10, 2015 — On June 9, one charity luncheon turned into nearly a quarter million meals for local people in need. Feeding America West Michigan Food Bank’s Many Hands Against Hunger summer luncheon raised $59,000 … Continue reading
Feeding America West Michigan to expand fresh food distributions with CSX, Conservation Fund grant
CSX and the Conservation Fund announced today that Feeding America West Michigan is one of 10 charitable organizations in the South, Midwest and on the East Coast to receive grants to improve the transportation and distribution of fresh, healthy food … Continue reading