food insecurity
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PublishedJuly 10, 2024
Brunswick anti-hunger agency to share $7.4 million federal grant with local groups
The money will be invested in 7 projects aimed at getting more local ingredients in Maine's school lunches and improving food system practices.
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PublishedJune 6, 2024
St. John’s students form ‘giving chain’ to donate food in Brunswick
Students from pre-K through eighth grade lined up from St. John's Catholic School on Pleasant Street to Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program on Tenney Way. MCHPP welcomed the large donation amid increasing food assistance needs in the region.
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PublishedMay 26, 2024
More than half of food-insecure Mainers can’t get food stamps
More Maine households are relying on the state's network of food pantries and meal programs to bring home enough groceries to feed their families, according to Good Shepherd Food Bank.
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PublishedMay 2, 2024
Opinion: Maine needs to get serious about addressing food waste
It's hard to accept we’re wasting so much food when so many people are struggling with hunger. A proven solution beckons.
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PublishedFebruary 21, 2024
Annual Freeze Out to raise money for food programs
Freeport Community Services is hosting the fundraiser from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. this Saturday at locations in Freeport and Pownal.
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2024
Maine may join rest of New England in banning food scraps from landfills
Supporters want lawmakers to do something about rotting food waste, which produces dangerous levels of methane gas. But critics of the proposal say a ban would be too costly for the state and businesses.
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PublishedDecember 13, 2023
Hannaford donates $1.3 million to improve access to food for older adults
The money donated to the Maine Council on Aging will be used to create a grant program for organizations within the council's network.
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PublishedNovember 12, 2023
Bath Area BackPack Program seeks support to fight hunger for area students
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PublishedNovember 6, 2023
Waterville City Council to consider ditching yurt idea, seeking longer-term solutions for the homeless
Mayor Jay Coelho is withdrawing his request to spend up to $10,000 to install yurts on the riverfront, instead asking the city to seek solutions that include an emergency warming shelter and ramped-up outreach to the homeless encampment at Head of Falls.
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PublishedOctober 25, 2023
Food insecurity shot up last year with inflation and the end of pandemic-era aid, a new report says
Analysts and food security professionals point to the dual impact last year of high inflation and the gradual expiration of multiple pandemic-era government assistance measures.
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