The Food Bank Blog

On this episode of the Food Podcast presented by Clearview Federal Credit Union, Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank talks with Veterans Place. When the pandemic hit, families were thrown into crisis. Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank saw a record number of people coming to distributions to receive food assistance. If you watched TV, you probably […]

This week on The Food Podcast presented by Clearview Federal Credit Union, Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank hears from several professional wrestlers as they tell their own stories about food insecurity. Mark Henry, Cpt. Shawn Dean and other AEW talent and staff visited the Food Bank while in Pittsburgh for AEW Dynamite and AEW Rampage […]

Food Bank talks about the upcoming school year. Many teachers in Armstrong are breathing a sigh of relief as school starts back up, and it’s not just about seeing their students. For many, the summer is a time of worry, not knowing if kids who rely on school lunches are consistently getting meals. In the […]

On this episode of the food podcast presented by Clearview Federal Credit Union, Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank talks with Arconic Foundation about why it was so important to step up to help local communities during the pandemic. Before the pandemic, the Food Bank started the Grow, Share Thrive campaign aimed to expand the warehouse […]

On this episode of the Food podcast presented by Clearview Federal Credit Union, Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank is giving an inside look at a major renovation/expansion project. The warehouse and facility is expanding from 96,000 square feet to 130,000 square feet in a targeted effort to bring the community healthy food. The plans were […]

On this week’s episode of the food podcast presented by Clearview Federal Credit Union, Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank takes the show on the road with an episode at Harvest Valley Farms in Gibsonia. Art King runs Harvest Valley Farms and offered to allow more than 20 food bank staff members and volunteers to pick […]

We take a look back at Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank’s Food Justice is Social Justice Initiative. It has been one year since the Food Bank launched this new effort. The goal of this initiative is to create awareness about social inequality, while educating the Food Bank’s service area of numerous organizations in the region […]

We dive into a topic that impacts our entire community. What is causing people to be food insecure? It’s a topic many food banks have struggled with as they try to not only feed their communities, but address the root causes too. Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank has created an entire department devoted to stabilizing […]