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Op-Ed: Keeping food on Oregon’s tables a continuing battle
By Susannah Morgan, CEO at Oregon Food Bank, and Jeff Merkley, U.S. Senator April 1, 2018 - We are all better off when every person in our community has the opportunity to be healthy and prosperous. [...]
SNAP Series: Who does SNAP help?
March 26, 2018 - The second in a series of blog posts to answer questions about SNAP and what it means to people struggling with hunger. Jan cares for her disabled husband, Tim is unemployed, [...]
A victory for those needing affordable housing – By David Sarasohn
March 21, 2018 - Everybody knows what Oregon’s housing crisis looks like. It sleeps, rolled up in a blanket, in a downtown Portland doorway. Or maybe it finds a tent, and hides in plain sight [...]
Oregon Food Bank voluntarily recalls pumpkin seeds because of possible contamination by Listeria species
*updated to add additional package information* March 16, 2018 – As a result of the ongoing recall of donated chia seeds that began on March 12, 2018, Oregon Food Bank has initiated a voluntary recall [...]
Oregon Food Bank voluntarily recalls nutritional yeast
March 16, 2018 – Oregon Food Bank is voluntarily recalling 1,219 pounds of nutritional yeast, which was donated to the food bank. No illness has been reported but it was donated at the same time as [...]
Oregon Food Bank issues alert on foreign material in chia seeds
March 12, 2018 – Oregon Food Bank has initiated a Class II recall of 22,201 pounds of chia seeds, which were donated to the food bank. The product may be contaminated with rodent droppings. While [...]