Giving Tuesday: Food-focused Causes we Love

This holiday season, consider donating to a cause that's meaningful to you.  Here are some worthy food-related options.

Feeding those in need: Here are some amazing organizations that address hunger, malnutrition and food insecurity, either nationally or globally -- (from left to right: Action Against Hunger, No Kid Hungry, Feeding America, The Hunger Project, Feed the Children, and the UN's World Food Program)

If you like to see exactly what your money buys for those in need, there are some much-needed items you can donate through these charities -- (from L to R: a goat from Heifer International, a cooking stove from Oxfam, a beehive from Send a Cow, a fishing kit from World Vision)

Support great causes when seasonal gift-giving -- with some edible gifts that give back too: (from L to R: delicious baked goods from Hot Bread Kitchen, FEED Projects bags, One Hope Wine, Jcoco Chocolates, The Bee Cause Project)

And lend your support -- or just check out! -- these food-related education and cultural institutions: Slow Food, Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, James Beard Foundation, The Museum of Food and Drink (MOFAD), Farm Aid, Heritage Radio