“Too big to fail”: the resilience and entrenchment of food aid through food banks in the Netherlands during the COVID-19 pandemic
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DOI: 10.1007/s12571-022-01260-5
Abstract: This paper aims to better understand the resilience and further entrenchment of food aid through food banks in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. During the first months of the pandemic in the Netherlands, concerns quickly rose about the… read more here.
Keywords: food; resilience; aid food; food aid ... See more keywords
The geographies of food banks in the meantime
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DOI: 10.1177/0309132516655881
Abstract: Geographies of food banks have focused predominantly on issues of neoliberal political-economy and food insecurity. In this paper, we trace alternative understandings of food banking – as spaces of care, and as liminal spaces of… read more here.
Keywords: geography; geographies food; food banks; banks meantime ... See more keywords
Sidebar: Climbing With Hope: How Food Banks and Community Came Together in COVID-19
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DOI: 10.18043/ncm.82.4.262
Abstract: Most of us are one or two crises away from needing help. One cancer diagnosis, one car accident, one layoff, one divorce can throw our lives into chaos. At the height of COVID-19, many people… read more here.
Keywords: community; hope food; climbing hope; banks community ... See more keywords
The Role of the Food Banks in Saving Freshwater Resources through Reducing Food Waste: The Case of the Food Bank of Navarra, Spain
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DOI: 10.3390/foods11020163
Abstract: In the year 2011, the FAO estimated that food loss and waste reached one third of the total food produced worldwide. Since then, numerous studies have been published characterizing this problem and reflecting on its… read more here.
Keywords: food banks; waste; food; food bank ... See more keywords
Food Banks against Climate Change, a Solution That Works: A Case Study in Navarra, Spain
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DOI: 10.3390/foods11223645
Abstract: Worldwide, more than 1.3 billion tonnes of food are wasted each year, which is equivalent to releasing 4.4 Gt of CO2 equivalents (CO2e). In this context, the Food Bank of Navarra (FBN) annually avoids the… read more here.
Keywords: food banks; climate change; food; change solution ... See more keywords
Adapting Nonprofit Resources to New Social Demands: The Food Banks in Spain
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DOI: 10.3390/su9040643
Abstract: Food banks make up an increasing phenomenon of nonprofit organizations answering to new social needs related to the global socioeconomic crisis. In order to explore if they are suitably adapting to their environments in Spain,… read more here.
Keywords: nonprofit resources; adapting nonprofit; food banks; new social ... See more keywords