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...crisis couldn't come at a worse time: many charities, such as City Harvest, which delivers leftover food from restaurants to the needy in New York City, collect the bulk of their donations during the holiday season, and with unemployment on the rise and 401(k) plans tanking, it's likely to be a blue Christmas. Over the past two years, City Harvest received $100,000 from Lehman alone - one of the charity's Top 5 donors. "We are obviously very concerned," says Jilly Stephens, City Harvest's executive director. "We have the bulk of our fund-raising ahead...
...before Lehman, before AIG, before the S&P 500 Index dove off a cliff. Gregory Boroff, senior vice president for external relations at the New York Food Bank, notes that his organization's donations from direct mailings is down 27% from the same time last year. Like City Harvest, the New York Food Bank receives the bulk of its donations during the holidays, and Boroff is nervous about December. "If people start to pull back, there's going to be a dire impact on us," he says. "It's scary...
Though pizza and candy are commonly given out at Harvard events, rare are the opportunities to find free, healthy alternatives. At yesterday’s Harvest of Health, the annual Harvard University Health Services fair, students gained access to UHS’ many services, leaving the tent loaded with bags full of healthy goodies. Linda C. Cannon, a patient advocate who has coordinated the fair for the last three years, estimated that approximately 2,000 students passed through the white tent outside the Science Center, a number comparable to previous years. “Our objective is to spread awareness...
...eyes are on this year's grain harvest, which has just begun. In mid-September, the North Korean newspaper Rodong Sinmun said in an editorial that "all workers should take part in the autumn-harvesting battle," in the hope of a bumper harvest. The crops might give a respite to the food crisis when they become available later this year, but some aid workers and North Korea watchers believe the relief will be only temporary. Early estimates predict this year's harvest will be as much as 30% below average, because of a lack of fertilizers, which means the food...
...With WFP as a guaranteed client, many poor farmers will be eligible for credit with which to buy seeds and fertilizer, and perhaps employ people to help harvest the crops. "Once a farmer's group wins a contract they can take it to a local bank," says Rajiv Shah, director of agricultural programs for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. "They can show that not only do they have the means to produce but a market to sell it." Gates told reporters on Wednesday that he aimed to "transform the way small holders are able to get to market...