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Template:Cleanup A food bank is a place where food, both non-perishable goods and perishable goods like fresh produce, frozen items, and baker products, are offered to nonprofit agencies for distribution to people who may not be able to afford food. These agencies are typically non-profit organizations or run as part of a church or community outreach group. A food bank is like the wholesale arm of the food distribution system for those living in poverty. Other agencies are the retail arm and serve people directly. The term "food bank" is not protected by law, however, and is sometimes used by these agencies directly serving those in need of food.

Food banks often get the food from companies or supermarkets with unsaleable stock, and also from donations from the general public, especially around holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas. In addition, the US Government and state governments often contract with food banks to distribute USDA surplus commodities. In addition, food banks who are members of America's Second Harvest, the nation's food bank network, are able to take advantage of relationships with major manufacturers. Instead of calling the more than 200 food banks across the country, a manufacturer with several semiloads of product to donate can make just one phone call.

The first food bank was St. Mary's Food Bank, started in 1967 in Phoenix, Arizona.

External links

• Food Bank of the Hudson Valley - official web page
• America's Second Harvest - official web page
• Capital Area Food Bank - official web page
• Food Bank of Western New York - official web page
• Food Bank for New York City - official web page
• Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley, Inc. - official web page
• Connecticut Food Bank - official web page
• St. Louis Area Foodbank - official web page
• Food Outreach - Food pantry for individuals with HIV/AIDS or Cancer in St. Louis - official web page
• Second Harvest Gleaners Food Bank of West Michigan - official web page
• The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts - official web page
• St. Mary's Food Bank Alliance - official web page
• Canadian Association of Food Banks - official web page
• Ontario Association of Food Banks - official web page
• The European Federation of Food Banks - official web page
• Second Harvest Heartland - official web page
• Food Bank of San Francisco - official web page
• Foodshare - official web page
• Food Bank of Central New York - official web page
• Shared Harvest Foodbank - official web page
• Second Harvest Inland Northwest, Spokane, WA - official web page