Often called “Big Food”, the global food companies are trying to improve their reputations. For years, public health officials and other health-conscious organizations have berated Big Food, pressuring them to mend their ways, but those criticisms have fallen on deaf ears. Now, Big Food is attempting to change their image, promote healthy eating and drinking so that they may become “part of the solution”. In 2011, the International Food & Beverage Alliance (IFBA), a group that includes monster brands like Nestlé, General Mills, Kellogg Company and PepsiCo, wrote ...

A young 14-year-old teenager from Oregon named Julien Leitner believes he can change the world with $2. In 2014, Leitner founded a charity aimed at creating a way for approximately 1 million people to donate $2 to his organization, Archimedes Alliance. Though Julien realized he couldn’t raise the money on his own, he believed that people armed with the intention of making a difference could share their $2 with his to accomplish amazing things. In his interview with the Oregonian, the teenager said, "It hit me that I might not be able to do something on my own, but there has to ...

According to the 60th anniversary edition of the Giving USA report, charity among Americans has been increasing on an exponential manner, an estimated $358.38bn in 2014. This figure represents the highest total of philanthropic donations in 60 years. 2014 represents the fifth year in a row where charity went up, which indicates an uptick in giving overall, the average yearly increase hovering around 5.5 percent American dollars. The breakdown of total percentage in giving was reported as such: Individuals - 72 percent of the total Corporations - 5 percent of total Foundations ...