Good News About Food

Celebrating innovative ways that we're ensuring equitable access to food — and ways that food is being used for good

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Good News This Week: April 26, 2025 - Teachers, Manatees, & Trees

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Ms. Rachel donates 2 million meals to World Food Program after Trump cuts devastate agency

The children’s entertainer and activist is doubling down on her commitment to international aid.

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Jon Bon Jovi's 'pay it forward' cafe gets huge wave of support after mayor tries to shut it down

The foundation, run by John and Dorothea Bongiovi, recently served its 200,000th meal to underserved communities throughout New Jersey.

'Dying to Serve:' Man with terminal cancer embarks on volunteer tour to all 50 states

After Doug Ruch was given 12-18 months to live, he decided to do something meaningful with them.

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Good News This Week: April 12, 2025 - Dire Wolves, Fridges, & Surfboards

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In TED Talk, chemist debuts 'natural peel' that extends the life of produce without 'refrigeration, pesticides, waxes, or plastics'

Food chemist Jenny Du said their natural peel works on “bananas, avocados, limes, green beans, tomatoes, bell peppers, cucumber, berries, you name it.”

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Scientists invent edible 'squid shell biofilm' to double shelf-life of strawberries — without changing their taste

The biofilm was derived from the peel of a pomegranate and the inner shells of a squid.

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Trump's USDA cuts leave food bank without 900,000 meals, so a community is rallying to feed their neighbors

As USDA funding for food banks is slashed, the Food Bank of Delaware has seen an influx of support.

A tiny home sits on a lush green landscape in New Zealand, surrounded by a food forest

Couple crafts 'secondhand' tiny home, surrounded by a food forest: 'A fully regenerative system'

The New Zealand couple pays in “land hours” instead of rent, tending to their syntropic food forest.

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Church turns its vacant land into a huge urban garden, donates 65K pounds of food every year

With an abundance of vacant property and limited access to fresh produce, Mission of Mary Cooperative stepped in.

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This teacher has raised thousands to pay off student lunch debt by dancing on TikTok

Special education teacher Kati Jo Christensen is using the money she makes on the app to pay off students’ lunch debt.

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John Green celebrates World Tuberculosis Day by releasing new 'tea for TB'

Between his new book "Everything is Tuberculosis" and a line of new teas, Green keeps his sights on ending the world’s deadliest infectious disease.