Hunger

Resources

Feeding America is a national organization that supports 200 food banks (including MANNA FoodBank) and 6,000 food pantries throughout the country according to their website. Check out their website for details how you can be involved and take action.  

Key Allies

MANNA FoodBank is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that has served Western North Carolina since 1983. As an accredited member of Feeding America, the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization, MANNA’s mission is to involve, educate, and unite people in the work of ending hunger in Western North Carolina. MANNA partners with over 300 community-based nonprofit food assistance agencies across 16 counties and the Qualla Boundary, creating a vital regional network that ensures neighbors have access to food in their own communities. Through this network and its direct programs, MANNA works to increase food access, strengthen local capacity, and respond quickly in times of crisis. MANNA FoodBank is dedicated to educating the public about issues that could impact our neighbors now and in the future. To learn more, get involved in advocacy efforts, or sign up for Call to Action emails, click the link above or call 828-299-FOOD.

Get involved: For questions about engagement opportunities, contact Micah Chrisman, Director of Marketing and Communications, at mchrisman@mannafoodbank.org or 828-299-3663.

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The Asheville Buncombe Food Policy Council (ABFPC) is a community-based coalition. Its mission is to identify, propose and advocate for policies, financial appropriations, and solutions to improve and protect the local food system in order to advance economic development, social justice, environmental sustainability, and community resiliency. The ABFPC operates through working groups that bring issues to the Council’s Policy Mobilization Hub for action influencing policy, advocacy and systems change.

Get involved: For details on the ABFPC’s current focus areas and how to get involved or form a new working group, send an email to coordinator@abfoodpolicy.org.