Just the Right Attitude, or JTRA, is a food bank in New Orleans that I am the Chairman of the Board for. Excerpt from the new press release: “Local food bank, Just the Right Attitude (JTRA) is at capacity. They are assisting the largest number of first time applicants in […]
With the economy the way that it is, many people have growing concerns about keeping the food on the table. More and more families are visiting food banks and food pantries just to get by day to day. This is an extremely uncomfortable and stressful way to live and in
Check out this interesting article I found while browsing around on the internet. I am not even quite sure how I got to it but I did and it describes this group of women in the Appalachian area that all work together and plan very carefully all these ways to
We know the Country is in a sad state of affairs when people can’t even afford to feed their pets anymore but that seems to be the case more and more. Pet food banks are popping up around the Country to help allow people to feed their pets in hopes
Chickens have always been a fairly common thing to see around the New Orleans area but many were lost with everything else in Hurricane Katrina. Thankfully, chickens are making a comeback. Many people in the New Orleans area are beginning to replenish the chickens so provide a healthy choice for
Farmers have been known to go through many hard times. More so than a lot of the rest of us. As an industry, farming has a great number of hardships that can affect them and many that they have zero control over like the weather. Farming has suffered from droughts,
Like food banks don’t have enough hurdles to jump over to keep themselves going to feed the needy, now we can add in all the peanut butter recalls we are facing. Peanut butter is a common staple at food banks and that isn’t even taking into consideration the various other
Some people may wonder why food banks try to dispense food that is as healthy as possible. You don’t get soda and junk food from a food bank, thankfully. Just good ole fashioned health food like fruits and vegetables. When your kids ask why, show them what things like energy
Well, this is certainly an interesting little tidbit. Did you know that it is perfectly legal for companies that produce and manufacture food products to keep their test results done on their products a secret? Even the state inspectors can withhold the information. They are not required by Federal law
Kudos to this food bank for realizing before it’s too late that we as a country have a problem and it is going to get worse before it gets better. Some food banks are already feeling the squeeze of not having nearly enough food to keep going. They are running
