Journalist | Media Relations @foodbanking, advocating for community-led solutions to alleviate hunger & food loss & waste in 50+ countries Opinions mine
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Some news: I'm now leading media relations and strategy for the Global @foodbanking Network. Thrilled to advocate for our community-led foodbanks in nearly 50 countries. Expect to hear from me about creative solutions to #hunger and our #climate impact on food loss & waste
For obvious reasons, I won't be posting on this website any more. You can find me over on @bluesky @jameslfredrick.bsky.social
Wanna understand how food banks make a climate impact? Check out this piece from @fffffrida in @grist
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'Undocumented immigrants paid almost $100 billion of taxes, underscoring the importance of border policies on the country’s tax collections, according to a new report'
bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @markets
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They fled from their home countries. Now, they’ll compete in Paris for the Olympic refugee team.
@AP followed four refugee Olympians from across the world. Our story with @RenataBritoAP @kugrieshaber & @DaniellaMatar: apnews.com/article/paris-oly…
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So proud to release this beautiful and devastating project in collaboration with the @colibricenter.
For 30 years, US border policies have killed and led to the disappearance of tens of thousands of mostly Indigenous, Brown, and Black people.
It's time for a new approach.
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With 31 million Nigerians projected by the U.N. to face acute hunger this year, @lagosfoodbank — with help from a GFN grant — has begun partnering with farmers to recover healthy surplus produce.
📺Watch to learn more via @VOAnews.
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I’m in the forthcoming print issue of @VanityFair, accompanying tremendous photos by Go Nakamura with an essay on how a global displacement crisis has ended up on the doorstep of a country that has put as little thought as possible into what happens next. vanityfair.com/news/story/th…
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I worked these last few days on this report that demonstrates the Mexican strategy for immigration control: tiring migrants and squeezing their money.
With @meganjanetsky on the ground and @verzamex from Mexico City for @AP.
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Wow what a quote from a Chinese asylum seeker. Americans must hear from these people!
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For Velquiz Garcia, these surplus sweet potatoes and apples recovered from farms in Honduras are #MoreThanFood.
They are a catalyst for a family’s generational health in a country where 19% of the population is undernourished.
#WorldHungerDay @BAH_Honduras
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One thing Biden is doing that Trump DID NOT do in his asylum ban: the admin. is making it HARDER for asylum-seekers from having the chance to enter the U.S. and get lesser forms of protection in court after being denied asylum.
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On the day of this border announcement, also worth noting the Biden admin also continues to fight families separated by Trump in court over restitution and has held exactly zero people accountable for the policy Biden himself called “criminal.”
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Notable - from nearly five years ago:
Trump is fighting tooth & nail to deny those fleeing dangerous situations their right to seek asylum in our nation. We should uphold our moral responsibility & enforce our immigration laws with dignity—not turn away those fleeing violence, war, & poverty.
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“ We've got to figure out how to waste less food because we're already putting in all the resources, the water, the land, the labor to grow this food. And then you have 1/3 of it being thrown away.”
Our @foodbanking CEO Lisa Moon on the @climateone climateone.org/audio/you-gon…
Earlier this year, I got to travel to Tegucigalpa to see how @BAH_Honduras rescues surplus produce from farms and delivers it to some of the most marginalized communities in the city, with @foodbanking's support. See how it works here: youtube.com/watch?v=WTfyswry…
Every day, tons of fresh produce rots in the field while millions go hungry. If you want to get a feel for the amazing work food banks around the world are doing for people and the planet, come check out our @foodbanking #MorethanFood stories: foodbanking.org/morethanfood…
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Next week, we’re starting an exciting journey from farm to fork! Make sure you’re subscribed to our newsletter and following us here to come along: foodbanking.org/subscribe
#MoreThanFood
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The aid sector is overstretched, underfunded, unaccountable and seemingly unable to cope with exploding needs. I wrote about why local charities are now seen as the future of humanitarianism but still receive barely any donor money.
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I caved to @TheOnion shakedown
