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Persistent hunger: Many Mainers struggling to find food
Read about soup kitchens, food pantries, and the more than 200,000 residents who regularly depend on donated meals in this four-part package from Tux Turkel.
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More than 200,000 residents regularly depend on food that moves through an enormous distribution system into a statewide network of pantries and meal programs. -
Millions of pounds of pitted produce and outdated cakes still fill the plates of hungry Mainers, feed livestock or become compost. If anyone tells you different, that's garbage.
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As is the case at Maine's 252 food pantries, demand is up at roughly 60 free-meal programs across the state.
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Single parents and elderly residents, many of whom lack the income to cover their housing, transportation, food, utilities and medical costs, are especially dependent on pantries