By Heather Callaghan, Editor An Indian shop owner was recently arrested for selling fake plastic egg products, sold as food for his customers in the West Bengal city and market of Kolkata. After a woman lodged a complaint with the police, an investigation discovered that shopkeeper Md Shamim Ansari sold dangerous, artificial eggs […]
By Nika Knight ‘The hunger enforcement officers are here. This is their idea of serving the public.’ Seven activists with the peace group Food Not Bombs were arrested for feeding homeless people on Saturday in a public park in Tampa, Florida. The group is undaunted and maintains it will return to […]
By Derrick Broze On Thursday, the Houston Police Department targeted a group of homeless advocates who were attempting to hand out hot food and gifts to the homeless. (AM) Houston, TX — Local activists attempting to hand out food and gifts were shocked on Thursday afternoon when Houston police forced […]
By Ariana Marisol A local church in Maryland was just fined $12,000 for giving shelter to homeless people living in the community. Over the last several years local governments have been using food and safety concerns along with zoning codes to penalize those who are trying to help the less fortunate. […]
By Kristan T. Harris Tricklebee Cafe is a pay what you can cafe, a nonprofit cafe that offers fresh vegetarian meals. The cafe recently opened in Sherman Park. “We anticipate about 80 percent of our customers will pay our suggested price range that we have which is between $5 to $7, but we […]
By Matt Agorist Kansas City, MO — Every year, for the last five years, volunteers with Kookers Kare – a group of barbecue chefs with hearts as big as their stomachs – have worked together to feed thousands of hungry homeless people. However, this year, 3,000 homeless people expecting that […]
By Lizzie Bennett Do a search for images of malnutrition on any search engine and you will most likely come up with pictures of wide-eyed, big-bellied babies from some part of the developing world. Rarely will you see a child from California, Sydney or London in those images, yet increasingly […]
By Amanda Froelich Michelin-star chefs have been repurposing leftovers from the Olympic Games to feed approx Before the Olympics began, True Activist reported that renowned chefs Massimo Bottura of Italy and David Hertz of Brazil intended to partner together and repurpose some of the thousands of pounds of food leftover […]
By Christina Sarich United States — Wal-Mart, America’s biggest food retailer, will start selling ‘ugly’ fruit in order to help reduce food waste. While some prattle on about how there are food shortages requiring our use of genetically modified organisms, more than 40 percent of all food grown, shipped, cooked, […]
By Amanda Froelich Like ‘Little Free Libraries’, these small boxes are stuffed with non-perishable items that ensure everyone in the near vicinity has enough to eat. If you live in a city and have taken a stroll around your neighborhood, chances are you’ve come across a ‘Little Free Library’. The […]