--- --- # Why Food Banks Should Reject Junk Food by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Nov 29, 2016 1:00 PM UTC by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Nov 29, 2016 1:00 PM UTC **1\.** [**This is why food banks should reject junk food.**](http://www.vox.com/2016/8/30/12697408/capital-area-food-bank-obesity) By Julia Belluz in Vox **2\.** [**Here’s how to reverse Africa’s scientific brain drain.**](http://qz.com/844021/innovation-grants-can-revolutionize-scientific-research-and-reverse-brain-drain-in-africa/) By Abdi Latif Dahir in Quartz **3\.** [**Is international justice doomed?**](http://theweek.com/articles/663663/international-justice-doomed) By the staff of the Week **4\.** [**Gender equality isn’t just a good idea. It’s good for business.**](http://blogs.worldbank.org/psd/why-gender-equality-doing-business-makes-good-economic-sense) By Cecile Fruman at the World Bank **5\.** [**Could people with autism be America’s secret cybersecurity weapon?**](https://www.wired.com/2016/11/autistic-people-can-solve-cybersecurity-crisis/) By Kevin Pelphrey in Wired  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/) _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ Why Food Banks Should Reject Junk Food ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4584840/why-food-banks-should-reject-junk-food/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4584840/why-food-banks-should-reject-junk-food/"},"headline":"Why Food Banks Should Reject Junk Food","datePublished":"2016-11-29T13:00:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:59:17.656Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4584840/why-food-banks-should-reject-junk-food/","keywords":["Innovation","Africa","Food","Autism","gender equality"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4584840/why-food-banks-should-reject-junk-food/","name":"Why Food Banks Should Reject Junk Food"}}]}] ```