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| Ohls, James; Saleem-Ismail, Fazana; Cohen, Rhoda; Cox, Brenda. |
| Findings of the first comprehensive government study of the Emergency Food Assistance System (EFAS) suggest that public and private food assistance may work in tandem to provide more comprehensive food assistance than either could provide by itself. Five major types of organizations (emergency kitchens, food pantries, food banks, food rescue organizations, and emergency food organizations) operate in the EFAS. About 5,300 emergency kitchens provide more than 173 million meals a year, and 32,700 food pantries distribute about 2.9 billion pounds of food a year, which translates into roughly 2,200 million meals. Despite substantial amounts of food distributed by the system, the EFAS remains much smaller in scale than the Federal programs. This study, which... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Food pantry; Emergency kitchen; Food bank; Food rescue organization; Emergency food organization; TEFAP; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33797 |
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| Ohls, James; Saleem-Ismail, Fazana. |
| Findings of the first comprehensive government study of the Emergency Food Assistance System (EFAS) suggest that public and private food assistance may work in tandem to provide more comprehensive food assistance than either could provide by itself. Five major types of organizations (emergency kitchens, food pantries, food banks, food rescue organizations, and emergency food organizations) that operate in the EFAS were studied. About 5,300 emergency kitchens provide more than 173 million meals a year, and 32,700 food pantries distribute about 2.9 billion pounds of food a year, which translates into roughly 2,200 million meals. Despite the substantial amounts of food distributed by the system, the EFAS remains much smaller in scale than the Federal... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Food pantry; Emergency kitchen; Food bank; Food rescue organization; Emergency food organization; TEFAP; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33795 |
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