Once again we are pleased to feature the work of another of our "partners"  -- that is, another organization that shares our commitment and dedication to addressing senior hunger in an effort to improve the lives of vulnerable seniors. Today's post is authored by...

We at NFESH are pleased and proud to announce that Enid A. Borden, our Founder and CEO, is the recipient of the 2019 Arthur S. Flemming Award, an honor bestowed annually by ADvancing States (formerly the National Association of States United for Aging and Disability...

We have used this space numerous times in the past to talk about our What A Waste initiative and the benefit that it has been to congregate nutrition programs across the country.  Four years after we pilot-tested the concept it is still proving valuable. We are proud...

This week we are pleased to again feature an article by a guest blogger. Jayne McQueen is the President, CEO and Founder of Mobile Meal Service of Spartanburg County, Inc. in Spartanburg, South Carolina. While most of our focus in this space in the past has been on...

By Peggy Ingraham The most recent blog to appear in this space discussed the new “sign language” that I noticed on my daily drive to work and referenced the key words “educate,” “collaborate,” innovate,” and “invigorate” splashed across banners on a busy commuter...

By Peggy Ingraham Banners. Signs with a word or two. Banners and signs beckoning us to look, and then directing or demanding something of us.  They seem to have become part of the urban and suburban landscape.  Do you notice them when you drive, or walk, or bike...

In this post guest blogger Amy Gotwals, Chief, Public Policy and External Affairs, National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a), looks at changes in OAA congregate nutrition programs. When the Older Americans Act (OAA) was created in 1965, it was a law ahead...

In this post guest blogger Jackie Geralnick, MPH, RD, LD, Public Health Nutritionist at the Department of Aging and Community Living, District of Columbia, recalls the experience of helping oversee the pilot-testing of NFESH's What A Waste project in 2014 and...

This blog -- authored by Kathy Gardner, Director, and Stephanie Cooper, Program Coordinator, Food is Medicine at the Idaho Hunger Relief Task Force -- is the forth in a series of guest columns written by individuals from other organizations that share our mission of...

With this blog NFESH introduces the first of a new series of guest bloggers. In the past few posts, our guests' columns have focused on the work that their organizations perform in the areas of aging, hunger relief, waste reduction and the like. We will feature more...