Giving Back

Stories behind the food we love.

Women's Bean Project: A Business Built Around The Women Society Overlooked

By Becca Knowlton

CEO Shelby Mattingly discusses the multimillion-dollar operation helping women rebuild their lives.

Hogs for the Cause: A Barbecue Festival Fights Back Against Pediatric Cancer

By Stacy Brooks

Co-founder Becker Hall on the ‘cue that has raised millions.

At Emma's Torch, Food Becomes A Way Forward

By Becca Knowlton

Inside the East Coast nonprofit using culinary training to support people rebuilding their lives.

Sweet Relief: How a Kentucky Fudge Shop Is Fighting Child Hunger

By Becca Knowlton

Dahlhus Fudge is mixing sweetness and activism to support hungry kids in its community.

The Nashville Food Project: Changing the Way America Eats

By Brad Blankenship

A bold collective establishes Tennessee as the vanguard of a food movement.

Down North Pizza: Muhammad Abdul-Hadi’s Second Chance Empire

By Becca Knowlton

A Philadelphia entrepreneur is turning pizza and redemption into a growing movement.

This Miami Social Worker is Cooking With Love

By Ashley Archambault

Syerra Donaldson is completing her doctoral dissertation on cooking and therapy.

Raising the Bar for Meat: Not Just Possible. Inevitable

By Elizabeth Hazard

Austin-based Force of Nature aims to do better by animals, consumers and the planet.

No Limits Cafe: Where Inclusion is Always on the Menu

By Becca Knowlton

A couple creates a food workspace to nurture workers with intellectual disabilities.