Good News About Food

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

A person holds a bowl of stew in a white ceramic bowl

'Souper Sunday:' This 6,000-person Facebook group gives away free, homemade soup to anyone in need

Chris Hyde of Olympia, Washington believes a bowl of soup “transcends the powers that work to divide us.”
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Two photos side-by-side. on the left is a mother-daughter duo. On the right is a flay-lay of a kid's Play-Dough set

This Latina mom invented a whole new way for her autistic child to make tamales. It inspired a full-blown business

With the colorful dough and easy-to-manage wooden accessories, little ones can spread and shape “masa” to make tamales, tortillas, and pan dulce.
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A vibrant community fridge full of lettuce, mangoes, and other produce is open in Harlem, New York

This vibrant community fridge gives free fruits and veggies to hundreds of New Yorkers every week

The 155th Street Fridge has been operating for six years now. One volunteer, Juanita, says: “We all family out here.”
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A photo collage of a solar farm, Remy Tucker, entrepreneur and founder of 'On The House', a Black Rhino mother with its calf, Gary Sinise posing for a photo, and canyons

Good News This Week: November 15, 2025 - Veterans, Tribes, & Black Rhinos

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An array of bread based foods -- like sourdough loaves, pizzas, and pretzels -- spread out on a wooden table

5 'foods of the future' that could help save the planet

From farm to fork, sustainable innovations are cooking up a tastier, greener future for our planet.
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A trio of smiling women hold up green plants in their hands

In this small Dutch town, every resident devotes 50% of the land to growing food

In Oosterwold, a suburb of Almere, people build their own homes and grow food on half their land, making the whole town a green experiment in healthy living.
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A photo collage of a solar farm, a whale shark swimming in the deep ocean, members of the Can't Win Victory Fund coalition, boxes and containers full of groceries for a food drive, and a forest

Good News This Week: November 8, 2025 - Mangroves, Backpacks, & Food Drives

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On the left, a group text conversation in which an unknown number invites people to Thanksgiving. Teen responds: Who is those. Wrong number responds: Your grandma. On the right: two couples smiling as they take a group photo together, Jamal and Wanda among them.

After a mistaken text, this unlikely duo is celebrating their 10th Thanksgiving. And they're sharing their favorite recipe this year, too

When Jamal Hinton received a wrong number text inviting him to Thanksgiving, he asked if he could still come by for a plate. “Of course you can,” Wanda Dench responded. “That’s what grandmas do…feed everyone!”
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A photo collage of a Halloween display featuring skeletons and pumpkins, two men carrying a sea turtle on the shoreline, a photo of Gisèle Pelicot smiling, a man painting a staircase, and a frog

Good News This Week: November 1, 2025 - Crosswalks, Turtles, & Tamale Carts

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A person hands a cardboard takeout box to another person

For Nebraskans losing their SNAP benefits, this restaurant offers free meals and a makeshift food pantry

Beloved Mexican eatery Muchachos announced two new initiatives to help people impacted by cuts to SNAP.
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Pastor Jamal H. Bryant raises his hand in worship while speaking into a microphone on stage

Pastor turns down $1M in church donations, urges congregation to give to SNAP recipients instead

Pastor Jamal Harrison Bryant denied funds for New Birth Missionary Baptist Church and instead wants to serve members of the community who are losing their SNAP benefits.
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