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When you share your abundance - be it through gifts of food, funds or time, you are helping to nourish bodies and feed hope. In collaboration with our network of nearly 400 partner agencies and YOU, Second Harvest Food Bank works to reduce hunger and malnutrition across Northwest NC.
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In the News

Second Harvest Food Bank's Triad Community Kitchen Chef Jeff Bacon Accepted into Prestigious American Academy of Chefs Society. Read more.

Food Lion and Tyson Foods Respond to Food Shortage at Second Harvest Food Bank, Encourage Other Area Businesses to Step Up. Read More.

Food Bank responds to slower donations.
Squeezed by rising food prices that have slowed donations, and by rising demand from shelters, soup kitchens and food pantries, the Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina has launched several initiatives to get more food to hungry people. Read more.

Second Harvest Food Bank Receives Grants for Triad Community Kitchen Program.Read More.

Second Harvest Food Bank Executive Director Receives L. Richardson Preyer Alumni Award.
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Read USA Today's cover story titled "New breed of American emerges in need of food" which feature America's Second Harvest and many of our member food banks.

Farm Bill Passes
The House and Senate voted overwhemingly to override the President's veto of the Farm Bill, officially making HR2419 public law. Read More.

NC Justice Center Issues Living Wage Report
The report notes that the typical North Carolina family with children must earn $41,184 per year to afford basic expenses. It also points out the flaws of federal poverty level measures, calling it an absolute standard based on spending patterns from the Eisenhower era that fails to gauge the true extend of hardship.  Few people, for example, would argue that a four-person family living in a city like ours could meet its basic needs on an annual income $22,000; yet this family would not be considered “poor” because its income exceeds the FPL of $21,200! Read full report.