The Food Bank Blog

On this week’s episode of The Food Podcast, host Brian Gulish interviews Moon Township native (Moon Area High School) and current center for the Arizona Cardinals, A.Q. Shipley, as well as 1997 Heisman Trophy winner, Charles Woodson.    http://files.triblive.com/podcasts/sportstalk/Food%20Podcast%20Ep%2019.mp3

A trip to Miami to take part in the Taste of the NFL’s Party and much more. Interviews with Tony Dorsett, A.Q. Shipley and more.    http://files.triblive.com/podcasts/sportstalk/Ep%2018%20Food%20Podcast.mp3

Trend Teams, LLC, a Pittsburgh based social media start up, similar to fantasy sports games like football or baseball, has partnered with Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank to help feed people in need. Trend Teams (www.trendteams.com) is sponsoring The Food Podcast (available on the TribLive Podcast Network) on location in Miami, Florida during Super Bowl […]

University of Pitt men’s basketball coach, Jeff Capel, joins the podcast to talk to host Brian Gulish about the importance of student athletes being aware and exposed to healthy foods.    http://files.triblive.com/podcasts/sportstalk/Ep%2016%20Food%20Podcast.mp3

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 […]