Photo: Squash at a farmer’s market
Nationwide, there are too few farmers to populate market stalls and too few customers filling their canvas bags with fresh produce at each market.
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by Jodi Helmer NPR March 18, 2019
Nationwide, the number of farmers markets increased from 2,000 in 1994 to more than 8,600 in 2019, which led to a major problem: There are too few farmers to populate the market stalls and too few customers filling their canvas bags with fresh produ...
by Danielle Nierenberg Forbes March 12, 2019
The City of Austin has been working hard to address food security in the [East Austin] area, aided by the leadership and advocacy of Mayor Pro Tem Delia Garza and Edwin Marty, the city’s food policy manager....
Photo: Ohio University graduate student Joy Kostansek [Alexandria Polanosky/Chronicle of Higher Education]
by Zipporah Osei The Chronicle of Higher Education March 4, 2019
A recent report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office found that in the face of a growing campus hunger problem, many colleges are taking matters into their own hands by starting campus programs like food banks and meal-sharing services....
Photo: The Victory Over Hunger Garden will soon prepare for a new growing season [courtesy WGEM]
by Frank Healy WGEM March 4, 2019
In Missouri, Victory Over Hunger Garden organizers said their garden helps put around 1,000 pounds of fresh produce on the tables of hundreds of families in Hannibal. They said without help from the community, the future of the garden is up in the a...