States and Sites

As of 5/20/2012, Facing Hunger in America has volunteered for and/or interviewed directors or other officials of about 85 programs in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Scroll down to see the most recent sites.  This completes the site visits for the project!

National Programs:

• Feeding America  [our interviews]
• Feeding America's Map the Meal Gap press conference [our impressions]
• Letter Carriers' Food Drive  [our visit]
• AmpleHarvest.org [our visit]
• SeaShare, [our visit]

Washington, DC:

• Senator Debbie Stabenow of Michigan [our visit]
• DC Central Kitchen, CEO Michael Curtin [our visit]
• DC Central Kitchen First Helping program [our visit]
• United Methodist Church, General Board of Church and Society [our interview with John Hill, Director for Economic and Environmental Justice]
• USDA Food and Nutrition Service [our interview with Duke Storens and Steve Carlson]
• Foundry United Methodist Church [our interview with Jana Meyer, Minister of Missions]
• The Child Nutrition Act, based on interviews with legislative aides [our post]
• Feeding America [our interview with George Braley and Lindsey Baker]
• Senate Agriculture Committee [our interview with two aides to Senator Stabenow]

1.  Massachusetts:

• Acton Community Supper Food Pantry, Acton, MA  [our visit]
• Greater Boston Food Bank, Boston, MA  [our visit]
• The Women's Lunch Place, Boston, MA  [our visit]
• Good Shepherd Center Soup Kitchen, Lazarus House Ministries, Lawrence, MA

2.  Michigan:

• Portage Romence/Chapel Hill UMC Food Pantry  in Portage, MI (one of the 27 pantries of Loaves & Fishes)  [our visit]
• Loaves & Fishes, Kalamazoo, MI  [our visit]
• Portage Chapel Hill United Methodist Church Community Garden  [our visit]

3.  Maine:

• A Plant A Row for the Hungry program, part of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Oxford County, South Paris, ME  [our visit]

4.  Rhode Island:

• New Horizons Community Pantry, Open Table of Christ United Methodist Church, Providence, RI  [our visit]

5.  Connecticut:

• Connecticut Food Bank, East Haven, CT  [our visit]

6.  Maryland:

• Maryland Meals For Achievement [our visit]

7.  Delaware:

• Food Bank of Delaware [our visit] [The Market] [SNAP-Ed]
• Cornerstone United Methodist Church Thursday Mobile Soup Truck [our visit]

8.  West Virginia:

• Manna Meal in Charleston, WV [our visit]

9.  Virginia:

• The Society of St. Andrew, Big Island, VA  [our visit]

10.  North Carolina:

• Dr. Maureen Berner, University of North Carolina [our visit]
• Area Congregations in Ministry, Oxford, NC [our visit]
• Canstruction, Asheville, NC  [our visit]

11.  South Carolina:

• Meals on Wheels of Greenville [our visit]

12.  Kentucky:

• Red Bird Mission [our visit] [Farmers Project]

13.  Tennessee:

• Tennessee Hunters for the Hungry [our visit]

14.  Pennsylvania:

• Mennonite Mobile Meat Cannery [our visit]

15.  Ohio:

• Dr. David H. Holben, Ohio University School of Applied Health Sciences and Wellness  [our visit]

16.  Alabama:

• West End Urban Garden, Birmingham, AL [our visit]

17.  Georgia:

• Angel Food Ministries, Monroe, GA [our visit]

18.  Florida:

• Beth-El Farmworker Ministry, Wimauma, FL [our visit]

19.  Mississippi:

• Mississippi Food Network, Jackson, MS [our visit]
• Grace Place, Galloway UMC, Jackson, MS [our visit]

20.  Louisiana:

• Marketplace.org and Crescent City Farmers Market [our visit]

21.  Texas:

• San Antonio Food Bank [our visit]

22.  Oklahoma:

• Oklahoma City Indian Clinic [our visit]

23.  Arkansas:

• Walmart Foundation [our visit]

24.  Indiana:

• Wheeler Mission Ministries [our visit]

25.  Illinois:

• The Salvation Army in Chicago [our visit]

26.  Wisconsin:

• Growing Power [our visit]

27.  Minnesota:

• St. Louis County MN WIC program [our visit]
• Ruby's Pantry, Cloquet, MN [our visit]

28.  North Dakota:

• Great Plains Food Bank and North Dakota Department of Human Services [our visit]
• Ruth Meiers Hospitality House [our visit]

29.  South Dakota:

• Summer Food Service Program [our visit] 

30.  Montana:

• PEAS Farm, Missoula, MT [our visit]

31.  Alaska

• The Food Bank of Alaska [our visit] 

32.  Washington

• SeaShare, Seattle, WA [our visit]

33.  Oregon

• Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon [our visit]
• Gorge Grown Food Network and Mosier Farmers' Market [our visit]

34.  Idaho

• Create Common Good, Boise, ID [our visit]

35.  Wyoming

• Feeding Laramie Valley and Food Dignity, Laramie, WY [our visit] 

36.  Nebraska

• Nebraska United Methodist Bike Ride for Hunger [our visit] 

37.  Iowa

• Couser Cattle Company and the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation [our visit] 

38.  New York

• New York City Coalition Against Hunger [our visit]
• Yorkville Common Pantry [our visit]

39.   New Jersey

• AmpleHarvest.org [our visit]

40.   New Hampshire

•  Nashua Soup Kitchen and Shelter [our visit]

41.   Vermont

•  Hunger Free Vermont [our visit]

42.   Missouri

• Panera Bread Company [our visits]

43.   New Mexico

• Mark Winne [our visit]

44.   Arizona

• The Open Table [our visit]

45.   Nevada

• Goodwill of Southern Nevada [our visit]

46.   California

• GLIDE's Free Meals Program [our visit]

47.   Hawaii

• First United Methodist Church Honolulu, Pancakes and Praise,
  FirstUnited Methodist Church Honolulu Foodbank,
  HawaiiHelping the Hungry Have Hope [our visits]

48.   Utah

• Welfare system of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [our visit]

49.   Colorado

• Cooking Matters Colorado [our visit]

50.   Kansas

• Center for Engagement and Community Development at
  Kansas State University [our visit]