«We knew that food pantries, in North Carolina and many other states, aren't regulated the same way that restaurants are, and that pantries are crucial distributors of food to those in need, but we did not have a good understanding of how food safety is
practiced at food pantries,» says Ben Chapman, an associate professor of youth, family, and consumer sciences at NC State and senior author of a new paper on the work.
(I'm thinking of people like Lisa Sharon Harper, who has worked tirelessly on immigration reform; Justin Lee, who models and
practices «living in the tension» through his work with the Gay Christian Network; Karla, the struggling mother of three whose infectious smile greets thousands of people
at our local
food pantry here in Rhea County; our friends from Samaritan's Purse working with Ebola patients in West Africa; or Sarah Bessey, who is expecting Tiny # 4 soon.)