food insecurity
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PublishedOctober 8, 2020
Public schools are rethinking how to carry out a crucial function: Feeding students
Gone are the salad bars and buffets where students mix-and-match their ideal lunch.
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2020
Our View: Congress should make a deal on COVID relief
Too many Republicans on Capitol Hill seem content to sit back and watch Americans suffer.
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PublishedSeptember 13, 2020
More Mainers struggle to feed their families as agencies fear worst to come
Before the pandemic, the state already had an elevated level of hunger compared to the rest of the nation. Now, relief programs are adapting to an intensifying crisis.
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PublishedAugust 31, 2020
Hunger may kill more people than COVID this year
As many as 132 million more people than previously projected could go hungry in 2020.
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PublishedAugust 31, 2020
Drive-thru food drive planned in Portland
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PublishedAugust 16, 2020
Maine Voices: We can’t let food sit and rot while our neighbors go hungry
Forgotten Orchard is encouraging Mainers to look for overlooked fruit along roadsides and in yards and see that it gets harvested and distributed.
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PublishedAugust 14, 2020
Our View: Across Maine, nation, rise in hunger should set off alarm bells
Millions of Americans are having trouble putting food on the table, and things could get much worse if nothing is done.
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PublishedAugust 6, 2020
Large turnout for Augusta food giveaway highlights need in central Maine
Augusta Food Bank Executive Director Bob Moore said more than 150 cars were lined up for a food giveaway at the Augusta Civic Center an hour before it began Thursday.
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PublishedJuly 27, 2020
Local organizations step up to help feed people in need during pandemic
Growing to Give, a farm-based nonprofit in Brunswick, is ramping up production to help feed more people, while local farms and the Brunswick Topsham Land Trust are distributing seedlings to help people grow their own food.
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PublishedJuly 13, 2020
Waterville’s Sacred Heart Soup Kitchen closes permanently
The soup kitchen, which operated at Sacred Heart Church for 40 years, closed temporarily when the coronavirus pandemic hit in March.
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