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Community fridges are fighting hunger in the Boston area
Community fridges have popped up all around the Boston area in recent years. But keeping them running 24/7 and stocked up with healthy food is no easy feat – it takes a dedicated team. “We recognize that during pandemic, the need for food was huge and that we were just scratching the surface and, really wanted to break down any…
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Study reveals ‘jarring' food insecurity increases as COVID-era benefits expire
Between 2021 and 2023, the number of Massachusetts residents living in food insecure households increased by close to 50%, according to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. A Hunger Free America analysis of USDA data shows that 363,433 Bay Staters were without enough to eat between September and October 2021, compared to 535,920 between the same months of 2023 — a…
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Some migrants in Mass. will be able to access SNAP benefits
Some immigrants in the state of Massachusetts will be able to access SNAP benefits after lawmakers approved millions of dollars in funding under the supplemental budget. Covered under the legislation are residents who are not citizens but are in the immigration process or already maintain legal status, including recently arrived migrants and those who have already been here for a…
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Patriots hand out Thanksgiving baskets to families in need
It’s been a rough season for the New England Patriots on the field, but that has not stopped the team from giving back and raising spirits on this holiday week.
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Patriots player aims to help tackle food insecurity
Defensive end Lawrence Guy of the New England Patriots hosted a turkey drive to help hundreds of families ahead of Thanksgiving.
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‘Gratitude Project' fighting food insecurity in Mass.
This Thanksgiving, more than 20% of Massachusetts families are grappling with food insecurity; the United Way of Massachusetts Bay has provided holiday meals through a longtime drive known as the “Gratitude Project.”
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Save money by shopping at salvage and surplus grocery stores
The number of U.S. households facing hunger is rising. Last year alone, 17 million families struggled to meet their nutritional needs at some point in the year, according to a new report by the USDA. This, while millions of pounds of food are thrown away every year. Some alternative grocery stores hope to curb those statistics. “We discovered in...
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Save money by shopping at salvage and surplus grocery stores
Millions of pounds of food are thrown away every year, but these stores aim to reduce food waste and offer products at a more affordable price point. There are local options in Salem, Mattapan, Dorchester, Roxbury and Cambridge, and national options online.
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Volunteers aim to help families combat food insecurity
Middle school students in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, were hard at work Monday on the 48th annual “Project 300” food drive.
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Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell driving out food insecurity
To drive out food insecurity – quite literally – that is the goal of The Boys and Girls Club of Greater Lowell with a new program. It involves a new food truck that will bring free and nutritious meals to kids and teens in the Mill City. The program, called Club Love On Wheels, is the first of its kind…
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Boys & Girls Club driving out food insecurity
The program, started at The Boys and Girls Club of Greater Lowell, is called Club Love On Wheels and is the first of its kind in New England.
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How ‘Food for Free' helps Pine Street Inn
The “Food for Free” program collects donated produce from local farms and delivers it to Pine Street Inn, where people looking to find work and homes can receive on-the-job culinary training.
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Advocates team up to help feed the hungry in Chelsea
With many Chelsea residents dealing with food insecurity, PriceRite is working with Feed the Children to combat hunger.
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Food benefits for millions at center of latest Washington spending fight
Despite record low unemployment, nonprofits say they are continuing to see rising demand for food assistance as Congress debates further cuts.
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UN food agency warns of ‘doom loop' for world's hungriest as governments cut aid
The World Food Program is warning that humanitarian funding cuts by governments are forcing the U.N. agency to drastically cut food rations to the world’s hungriest people.
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UN cuts food aid to millions globally amid ‘crippling' funding crisis
The United Nations says it has been forced to cut food, cash payments and assistance to millions of people in many countries because of “a crippling funding crisis” that has seen its donations plummet by about half as acute hunger is hitting record levels.
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Mass. company looks to limit food waste and turn it into clean energy
About a third of the world’s food is thrown away, and a Massachusetts company is looking to turn that waste into renewable energy. CEO Ryan Begin of Concord-based Divert says the U.S. wastes even more food in the summer than in the winter. “In the summer, we see the largest spike, because you have highly perishable strawberries, bananas, blueberries,...
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Concord company ‘Diverts' food waste to clean power
Divert, based in Massachusetts, is looking to turn food waste into renewable energy.
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SNAP Benefits Impacted by Debt Ceiling Deal
Thousands of people in Massachusetts could be at risk of losing their nutrition assistance under a provision in the debt limit deal. A provision in the agreement would raise the ages of participants who need to provide proof of work for the supplemental nutrition assistance program from 18 to 49 to ages 18 to 54. “This population that is being…