My Faith may be the major motivator in my desire to " Love My Neighbor", but i'm not sure. I was running lemonade stands & bakes sales for charity under the auspices of my irreligious mother by 3rd grade. I think it's just *baked* into me.
Actually, if the 'Capitol C' Church returned to first century AD ethos, there would be MUCH less needy people in our world.
BUT, since we ( capital C Church) aren't, I am a huge supporter of any group helping for the sake of those who are in need, (and not for the sake of themselves).
This is a page of groups, policies, concepts, wins & loses in the arena of helping our neighbors.
Oh, and a significant amount of personal commentary....😁
Cheap Food Costs More Than You Can Imagine
At the intersection of public policy and food biz is a discussion of ethics, creativity, job creation, farming, disrespect, waste and trends.
A good article by #Forbes magazine
This was written before the Big Inflation post Covid- but it still encompasses the last round of big inflation in the 70's.
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"Our food is cheap—by some measures, cheaper than it’s ever been. Americans now spend less than 10% of their disposable income on what they eat. When researchers first began tracking this figure some 90 years ago, it was closer to 25%.
But the inexpensive supermarket fare that consumers now expect doesn’t come without a hidden human cost. To see, firsthand, the true price of keeping those shelves stocked, Fortune traveled down to the Rio Grande Valley—among the best areas in the country for growing food crops, and one President Trump put in the spotlight last week when he visited the region to make his case for the border wall.
Here along the southern-most tip of South Texas, farm work is mostly piecework: a penny or two for every bunch of cilantro cut and tied, $1.25 for every bucket of jalapeños picked."
follow link to continue reading.... fortune.com/longform/cheap-groceries-food-farmers-laborers/
Remote Area Medical
Portable teams of medical & dental professionals who travel into remote rural and urban settings in the US with high poverty populations, delivering free medical & dental procedures to all who show up.
City Relief
Mobile Street Units bringing food, friendship, hope, sundries and resource-aid weekly to multiple locations throughout the NYC metro area.
Metro Relief ( City Reliefs Texan Cousin)
World Central Kitchen
A really amazing concept of partnering with local businesses when possible, to use their kitchens/facilities and pay them wages in the effected crises areas to help supply the food/meals to the effected population. From wild fires to floods, famine to war, misplaced migrants to earthquakes - WCK goes there, and stays there long term.
Invisible People
Invisable People has a long-game goal of bringing to life the real faces/issues of homelessness to those who have never experienced or had relationships with people who have. They also engage in social advocacy, supply deliveries and relationship building within the communities they film from coast to coast.
