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Massive Lines Form Outside Virginia Food Bank As Demand Hits One Million Meals Per Month
Massive Lines Form Outside Virginia Food Bank As Demand Hits One Million Meals Per Month The economic recovery has stalled, and in some cases, reversed. The $600 unemployment benefits that Americans received following the virus pandemic that crashed the economy in March-April expired on July 31, which means a fiscal cliff has been underway for 44 days (as of […]
Dramatic Photos: Desperate For Provisions, Thousands Of Cars Line Up At Texas Food Bank
Dramatic Photos: Desperate For Provisions, Thousands Of Cars Line Up At Texas Food Bank Dramatic images released this week show thousands of cars stretching for miles, lining up for provisions at a Texas food bank as the state continues to deal with the effects of its coronavirus outbreak. At a food drive held in Dallas […]
America’s New Breadlines Are Growing…
America’s New Breadlines Are Growing… Over the past month, the American economy has collapsed into a depression, with the most significant unemployment spike in history. Millions of people have just lost their jobs, and as we’ve been documenting, food bank networks across the country are becoming overwhelmed. We recently said that some food banks had seen an eightfold […]
Food Banks Warn They Will Soon Run Out Of Food As Economic Suffering Explodes All Over America
Food Banks Warn They Will Soon Run Out Of Food As Economic Suffering Explodes All Over America What are hungry Americans going to do when the food banks don’t have any more food for them? Over the past couple of weeks, we have witnessed the largest spike in unemployment in all of U.S. history. Since most […]
Sustainable Uses of Food Waste
SUSTAINABLE USES OF FOOD WASTE Food waste is considered by many people as non-useful materials. It is harmful to the environment. Greenhouse gases are released as by-products of food waste and these warm the environment, causing imaginable negative environmental impacts such as sea level rise and floods. Wasted food items are also harmful to humans. […]
46 million Americans go to food banks, and long lines for dwindling food supplies begin at 6:30 AM
46 million Americans go to food banks, and long lines for dwindling food supplies begin at 6:30 AM Those that run food banks all over America say that demand for their services just continues to explode. It always amazes me that there are still people out there that insist that an “economic collapse” is not […]
If Food Is a Right, Who Should Provide It?
If Food Is a Right, Who Should Provide It? Nearly 850,000 Canadians visited food banks in one month last year. At a recent public forum in Victoria, B.C. about the right to food, the first audience question was about federal politics and the October election, which put the panelists in an awkward position. “We all […]
Britain: A Functioning Democracy It’s Not
Britain: A Functioning Democracy It’s Not We at the Automatic Earth always try to steer clear of elections as much as possible, because there are no functioning democracies left in the west -no more than there are functioning markets-, and no journalists reporting on them either. Interesting question, by the way: how can a journalist […]
