FoodBanks

I've heard of food banks and people going to them in hard times, but the Mormons seem to know how to do it best with one of the most sophisticated private welfare systems in the country, according to a San Francisco Chronicle story. Besides offering groceries from Mormon-owned farms and cattle...

New government figures show that 31.8 million Americans were receiving food stamps at the latest count, an increase of 700,000 in just one month. For the fiscal year ended September 30th, the program will cost at least $51 billion, an increase of more than 20%. The average benefit was $115 a month...

When I was a student, there were many semesters when I spent less on food than on school books. I learned, from experience, that starvation is sometimes better than the 50th serving of lentils in a row, that there are only so many ways that ramen can be prepared, that $20 worth of raw materials can...