Beyond The Plate – A Podcast by Food For The Poor

Send us Fan Mail Hunger doesn’t just mean an empty stomach, it can mean a child staring at the board with no energy to think. For World Food Day, we sit down with Maria Cassandra Brutus, distribution director at Food for the Poor Haiti and leader of the SHINE program, to talk about a school breakfast that sounds simple but changes everything: cassava bread and peanut butter. We dig into how school feeding works in real classrooms across northern Haiti, why this meal delivers protein, calorie...

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Send us Fan Mail A massive earthquake can change a country in minutes, but the hardest part is what comes after: the waiting, the searching, the sudden need for food, water, medicine, and a safe place to sleep. We’re talking about the devastating Venezuela earthquakes and the scale that’s still coming into focus, from lives lost to thousands of buildings damaged or destroyed and millions of people caught in the impact zone. Ed Raine, President & CEO of Food for the Poor, breaks down what ...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when rural indigenous women gain access to global markets? Lives transform, cycles of poverty break, and daughters begin to dream of careers unimaginable to their mothers. This powerful story unfolds as we speak with Ruth Álvarez-DeGolia, who started Mercado Global as an Ivy-League university sophomore selling handcrafted items on campus, and has since built a movement empowering thousands of women across rural Guatemala. The magic happens at the int...

Send us Fan Mail International Women’s Day is a global observance held annually on March 8, recognizing women’s social, economic, cultural, and political achievements. Since, 1911, International Women’s Day has grown into a worldwide call to honor women’s contributions and accelerate progress toward equality and opportunity. By focusing on sustainable, dignity-centered solutions, Food For The Poor helps women build stability not only for their families, but also communities for generati...