Food bank

Volunteers pass out food items from a food pantry run by Feeding America

A food bank is a non-profit, charitable organization that gives away food to those who have hard time buying enough to avoid hunger. While a it is a popular organization, many critics believe it would cause a welfare crisis.

Food Bank Media

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  Fort Bragg Food Bank in Fort Bragg, California.

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  Capital Area Food Bank

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  Volunteers weigh food drive donations.

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  In the U.S. and sometimes in Canada, food banks don't typically give food directly to the hungry. Instead they act as warehouses, supplying front-line agencies like this Californian soup kitchen. (Picture taken in 2009, and shows members of the United States Navy serving visitors.)

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  Food not bombs a food bank and cooperative that distributes food

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  Barnet Food Hub, supplying food banks in the London Borough of Barnet. March 2021.

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  Food parcels given out by the Trussell Trust from 2005/06 to 2019/20.

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  Olivier De Schutter, a senior United Nations official, has cautioned Europe against allowing food banks to become a permanent partial replacement for welfare provision, as is the case in the U.S. and Canada.