This episode of the Food Podcast focuses on the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank’s Food Justice is social justice initiative. This initiative is intended to create awareness about social inequality, while educating the Food Bank’s service area of numerous organizations in the region that are focused on ending racism and creating equality for all. This […]

An interview with Food Bank’s Director of Child Nutrition Programs Karen Dreyer Rewind to one year ago. Every school in Western PA had to switch to remote learning, and overnight, the food bank’s child nutrition team had to find a way to make sure kids reliant on school meal programs, still had food while learning […]

Not many people realize, the food bank not only houses and distributes food to the people of Greater Pittsburgh, it grows it too. Drive 30 miles north of Pittsburgh on the campus of Chatham University Eden Hall, and you’ll find an acre plot where fruits and veggies grow. http://files.triblive.com/podcasts/sportstalk/Season%202%20Ep%2024.mp3

This week’s Food Podcast focuses on the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank’s Food Justice is social justice initiative. This week, the food podcast featured The Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance Pittsburgh. APALA Pittsburgh is a national organization of AAPI union members and allies advancing worker, immigrant and civil rights. http://files.triblive.com/podcasts/sportstalk/Season%202%20Ep%2023.mp3

Starting the week of April 26th, Krista Johnson will take the lead on the podcast as Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank’s newest Communications and Public Relations Specialist. She joins this week’s podcast as the guest interview to introduce herself and her background. http://files.triblive.com/podcasts/sportstalk/Season%202%20Ep%2022.mp3

Interview with Kurt Lindsay who is a Community Food Connections Coordinator at the Food Bank. He works on a three-person team to bring in food for those in need that may otherwise be thrown out. http://files.triblive.com/podcasts/sportstalk/Season%202%20Ep%2021.mp3

An interview with Angela Mallick who is the Community Engagement Manager for the Food Bank. She oversees volunteer operations as well as community fundraising. On the volunteer side, she works with two Community Engagement Coordinators to ensure volunteers are staffed throughout the Food Bank’s events and operations. http://files.triblive.com/podcasts/sportstalk/Season%202%20Ep%2020.mp3

North Hills Community Outreach (NHCO) serves dozens of communities in the northern part of Allegheny County, offering various life stabilization services. Their food pantry is one of them. This episode features an interview with Tom Baker, Executive Director of NHCO and Kelly Strutt, Food Pantry Coordinator for NHCO. http://files.triblive.com/podcasts/sportstalk/Season%202%20Ep%2019.mp3