Though cash donations take care of bulk-food needs and necessities such as truck maintenance, food donations also play an important role. Food drives can provide more-healthful and higher-quality foods than bulk buys, and provide a greater diversity of foods.
“(Food drives) help us get different food, culturally appropriate food,” Those donations — such as pinto beans, corn flour, jalapenos as well as lentils and rice — can be a big factor in serving the nation’s increasingly diverse population, some of which isn’t familiar with traditional American staples. In addition, some food banks, such as Feed the Poor in , are trying to supply organic foods whenever possible.
