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  2. Food Bank For New York City - Wikipedia

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    The Food Bank For New York City was founded in 1983. It has a network of approximately 1,200 emergency and community food providers, including soup kitchens, food pantries, shelters, low-income day care centers, as well as senior, youth and rehabilitation centers. Food Bank helps to provide approximately 400,000 free meals daily. [2]

  3. Capital Area Food Bank - Wikipedia

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    The Capital Area Food Bank is the largest organization in the Washington metro area working to solve hunger and its companion problems: chronic undernutrition, heart disease, diabetes, and obesity. By partnering with over 450 community organizations in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia, as well as delivering food directly into ...

  4. Sugary drink tax - Wikipedia

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    They also publicly accused New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg of orchestrating the controversial bill from overseas. In late October 2013, the Mexican Senate approved a 1 MXN per litre tax (around US$0.08) on sodas, along with a 5% tax on junk food. Research has shown that Mexico's sugary drinks tax reduced soft drink consumption.

  5. City Harvest (United States) - Wikipedia

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    City Harvest is a nonprofit organization that was established in 1982 and is recognized as the world's first food rescue organization. Its primary objective is to address hunger and food waste in New York City by collecting surplus food from various sources, including restaurants, grocers, bakeries, green markets, corporate cafeterias ...

  6. Food and water in New York City - Wikipedia

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    Food and water in New York City. A selection of produce outside a grocery store on the Upper West Side. In New York City, there is an extensive water supply system that supports several programs and infrastructure pertaining to the city's food supply. City officials, agencies, and organizations cooperate with rural farmers to grow food more ...

  7. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - Wikipedia

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    Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. In the United States, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ( SNAP ), [1] formerly known as the Food Stamp Program, is a federal government program that provides food-purchasing assistance for low- and no-income people to help them maintain adequate nutrition and health.

  8. Rethink Food - Wikipedia

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    Rethink Food NYC Inc, commonly called Rethink Food or just Rethink, is a non-profit organization based in New York City. The organization was founded to address hunger in the United States by contributing to a sustainable and equitable food system. [1] Rethink collects excess food from restaurants, grocery stores, and corporate kitchens to ...

  9. Government cheese - Wikipedia

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    Government cheese is a commodity cheese that was controlled by the US federal government from World War II to the early 1980s. Government cheese was created to maintain the price of dairy when dairy industry subsidies artificially increased the supply of milk and created a surplus of milk that was then converted into cheese, butter, or powdered ...