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Food Rescue Organizations Combat Regional Hunger Crisis
Non-profit food rescue organizations including Forgotten Harvest in Detroit and the Salvation Army in Miami are scaling up efforts to address food insecurity through volunteer programs, corporate partnerships, and fundraising campaigns. Major donors like the Ford family and retailers like Publix are matching contributions to expand food distribution to hundreds of thousands of residents facing economic hardship.
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Forgotten HarvestSalvation ArmyCynthia and Edsel FordPublixMetro Detroit / Miami-Dade
2026-08-03
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