September 29, 2026
Two years after Hurricane Helene, FastRoots founder Matt Corzine on the volunteer shift that started it, 106,000 meals coordinated with the American Red Cross, and why the answer is a verified food map one county at a time, not a nationwide one.
October 30, 2025
Only 25% of food banks nationwide excel at website advocacy. MANNA Food Bank is one of them, and their approach offers a blueprint for how food relief organizations can drive both immediate impact and systemic change in Western North Carolina.
June 17, 2025
The American Red Cross has approved an additional $500,000 for Western North Carolina's Relief to Resilience project, enabling grassroots food organizations to deliver over 40,000 additional meals and nearly $200,000 in direct farm purchases through the FastRoots-coordinated initiative.
