1 in 5 children don’t have enough food every day in America.

Canceling SNAP benefits makes this worse, but far too many people still go hungry even with SNAP in place (a topic for another time).

Mad respect to small business owners that have been fighting against hunger all along. Here’s what some of them are doing.

Pay What You Can

If you can, pay for your meal, or pay more. Otherwise, pay as much as you’re able to, or it’s on the house.

1. JBJ Soul Kitchen Red Bank, Toms River, Newark, NJ
2. A Place At The Table Raleigh, NC
3. Taste Community Restaurant Fort Worth, TX
4. Heart-n-Soul Community Café Fargo, ND

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Buy One Give One

Each product purchased = one or more meals donated

1. Souper Jenny Atlanta, GA 1 donated meal for every My Dad’s Turkey Chili
2. Adventurist Backpack Co. Denver, CO 25 meals for every backpack
3. Bridgewater Candle Company Spartanburg, SC 3 meals for every candle
4. Cooks Who Feed Mississauga, ON 100 meals for every apron

Gives Back To Food Banks

Portion of sales or profit goes back to local food banks.

1. Birdcall Dallas, TX supports the North Texas Food Bank
2. Honeysuckle Gelato Atlanta, GA supports Feeding America
3. Little Twist Bakery Austin, TX supports the Central Texas Food Bank
4. Shrill Society New Orleans, LA supports the Houston Food Bank

Pay It Forward

Lets customers buy one or more meals to donate to someone in need.

1. Huckleberry Square Restaurant Burien, WA
2. Pizzaria Grata Austin, TZ
3. Inheritance Juicery Tulsa, OK
4. Grecian Family Restaurant and Bakery Spring Hill, TN

Donates Leftover Food

Rescues, upcycles or donates surplus food to feed others.

1. Amy’s Bread New York City, NY
2. Whole In The Wall Binghamton, NY
3. Alessi Bakery Tampa, FL
4. Brug Bakery Honolulu, HI

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