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Schools, groups help send students home with food
The group Maryland Hunger Solutions estimates 17 percent of Maryland households with children are food insecure. In Baltimore, school children are provided with backpacks of food for the weekend when they're not in school....
Leadership group recognizes opportunities to fight hunger in region
In recognition of February being National Canned Food Month, the Women’s Leadership Group hosted a presentation by Christi Miller, development specialist for Second Harvest Community Food Bank, at the St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce meeting room Monday afternoon....
Hunger – an issue close to home
Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program and Southern Maine Community College have recently established one such pantry on the SMCC Midcoast Campus. This pantry is open to all SMCC students and is replenished with roughly 500 pounds of food on a weekly basis. This will amount to about 21,000 meals a year...
Oldest Americans most focused on reducing food waste
The vast majority of Americans are paying attention to reducing food waste with the oldest being the most cognizant, according to the latest Michigan State University (MSU) Food Literacy and Engagement Poll. ...
Food Prescription Program Sends Groceries To Pregnant Moms In Need
A local food bank has teamed up with a north St. Louis hospital to offer a “fresh-food prescription” service for low-income, pregnant mothers. ...
‘I wanted to do more for people than just pray’: Pastor blends faith, farms to end food insecurity in black churches
Heber Brown III is a pastor at Pleasant Hope Baptist Church and founder of The Black Church Food Security Network, which connects churches with agricultural initiatives. ...
University of Arizona increasing resources to help hungry students and lower food insecurity — a growing problem across US campuses
A report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office said as many as 2 million at-risk college students who were not receiving federal nutrition benefits, such as through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, might be eligible for them. Many of the students at risk...
Food Insecurity: A Look at the Numbers
Over 3,000 UC Santa Barbara students visited the Associated Students Food Bank in the 2017-2018 school year, making up approximately 13 percent of the student body, according to the A.S. Food Bank’s annual report. ...
Follow Martin Luther King Jr.’s lead to end hunger and poverty | Opinion
Author William Lambers writes: "The basic right of food is essential for achieving freedom and equality for all people. That is why Dr. King, in his speech at the end of the Selma to Montgomery march in 1965, said "March on until no starved man walks the streets of our citie...
Next shutdown victim: School lunches
Schools around the country are making plans to continue feeding students if government reimbursements don't arrive ...
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