This week, Feeding America Chief Marketing Officer Cathy Davis joined host Brian Gulish on the Food Podcast to discuss innovative ways that food banks across the country are trying to better communicate their mission. Locally, 1 in 7 people (300,000) in Southwest Pennsylvania are food insecure according to Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. Over the […]

Erin Spangler, nutrition and wellness coordinator at Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, joined host Brian Gulish on this week’s episode of the Food Podcast. In her role, Spangler oversees creating nutrition education resources, including monthly newsletters and recipe cards. The Food Bank works closely with its network of pantries to provide resources promoting healthy options, […]

On episode 13 of the Food Podcast, Brian Gulish is joined by Adam Morgan, Advocacy Coordinator at Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, as he explains what this rule change means, the anticipated impacts and the potential future of the program. The rule change pertains to SNAP participants who are considered able-bodied, without dependents and between […]

“Markets that thrive in all the important categories associated with population growth, education, and job sustainability are thriving food markets,” said Christina French, founder of TABLE Magazine. As part of her efforts, French hosted the third-annual TABLE Magazine Western Pennsylvania Lamb Cook-off in September. The event included 10 teams of chefs from Pittsburgh’s most prominent […]

Locally, in Southwestern Pennsylvania, 1 in 7 people are food insecure. Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank serves 11 counties in the region, not including Westmoreland County, which functions as its own organization. “We were part of Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank from 1982 until 2000,” said Jennifer Miller, CEO of Westmoreland County Food Bank. “Our […]

Reflecting back on his childhood, Bill Fuller knows what it’s like to be food insecure. Growing up in a single-parent household, Fuller relied on school lunches and food stamps as a means of survival. Fuller, corporate chef and president of Big Burrito Restaurant Group, is committed to ending hunger one healthy meal at a time. […]

As part of the KDKA Turkey Fund partnership, hosts, staff and regular guests from KDKA’s Pittsburgh Today recently visited the Food Bank as part of a volunteer day of service. Two of those guests included John Chamberlin and Rachel Rennebeck from the Pittsburgh-based YaJagoff podcast. As part of their volunteer day, Chamberlin, Rennebeck, and the […]

A Moon Township-based band, Chip & The Charge Ups, is already in the holiday spirit, with the release of its new song, ‘Black and Gold Christmas’. The band is using the song in a unique way to celebrate Pittsburgh pride and raise money for Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. To go along with the song, […]