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Dumpster Dives Stem Waste Tide
Members of the freegan movement fight hunger by plucking edible eats from city trash.
Topic: Food
They Bake and Break Bread
The Eduardo family runs the Bronx’ Il Forno Bakery. The labor-intensive operation tests the limits of family togetherness.
Foodies Get a Kickstart
Crowdfunding helps two Brooklyn food businesses beat the odds.
Holiday Help For Sandy Victims
Project Hospitality and The Food Bank for New York City are distributing Thanksgiving dinners to Staten Islanders still recovering from the superstorm.
Soup Kitchen Battles Tough Times
The All Souls soup kitchen is being forced to cut back on some food items even as demand grows.
Cooking Up Safer Stoves
The Global Alliance For Clean Cookstoves drew Hillary Clinton and other notables who joined the push to bring stoves than use clean fuel to developing nations.
A Can-Do Take on Art and Hunger
"Canstruction" challenges architects and engineers to create sculptures out of cans of food that are later donated to needy New Yorkers.
The Great Pumpkins Arrive
Spooky pumpkins visited the New York Botanical Garden – just in time for Halloween.