Food & Nutrition

No one should go hungry—not people, not pets, not the pollinators that sustain our food systems. At Greater Good Charities, we see the full picture of hunger and nutrition and step in where others can’t. By feeding pets to keep families whole, fueling children to learn, and protecting bees that safeguard our food supply, we create healthier, more resilient communities today and for generations to come.

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Food keeps us alive. Nutrition helps us thrive.

Without the right nutrients, children can’t learn, adults can’t work, and families can’t break the cycle of poverty. Yet hunger is deeply interconnected:

Families skip meals so their pets don’t starve.

Children try to study on empty stomachs.

Collapsing bee populations threaten our future food supply.

That’s why Greater Good Charities addresses food and nutrition from every angle—people, pets, and the environment. Because when we fill the right gaps, we don’t just feed families today, we strengthen communities for tomorrow.

We Fill Critical Gaps

We’re not here to replace Food Banks. We’re here to support them. Food banks do incredible work—but most don’t provide pet food. That leaves families with impossible choices: share their meals with pets or go hungry themselves.

Our partner, Michigan Humane, did a survey that showed:

64% of pantry visitors came for both human food and pet food.

37% used a human food pantry for the first time because pet food was available.

46% said they sometimes, often, or always shared their own food with pets.

By supplying pet food at human food pantries, we help families feed themselves and their animals—keeping households whole and healthy.

We Solve Creatively

Sometimes, the answer to hunger looks unexpected. We know that children can’t learn on an empty stomach. But many children in Haiti were doing just that. Our solution? Egg-laying hens.

We distributed 649 hens to families and built 4 coops at local schools.

339 students received protein-rich eggs weekly.

Hen care was integrated into the school curriculum, teaching the next generation about nutrition and sustainability.

Education is one path out of poverty, and a nourished child learns better, dreams bigger, and builds a brighter future.

We Look at the Whole Picture

Hunger doesn’t stop at the table—it starts in the environment. Bees pollinate one in three bites of food we eat, contributing $15 billion annually to U.S. agriculture. But when disasters strike, even pollinators go hungry.

That’s why we:

Distribute emergency food for bees—900,000 pounds after Hurricanes Helene and Milton, feeding 10.5 billion bees.

Partner with beekeepers to provide hives, colonies, and long-term resources.

Restore habitats so pollinators can thrive for generations to come.

If bees don’t eat, neither do we. By protecting pollinators, we protect the future of food itself.