food insecurity
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PublishedOctober 14, 2024
Portland food pantry finds temporary location, avoids closure
Project FEED, which faced temporary closure due to upcoming year-long construction at Woodfords Congregational Church, has found a new location on Brighton Avenue.
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PublishedSeptember 23, 2024
UNE packs 100,000 meal kits to help address food insecurity in Maine
Volunteers and UNE students joined together to pack 100,000 meal kits last week.
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PublishedSeptember 16, 2024
Portand food pantry urgently seeks temporary location
Project FEED at Woodfords Corner must find a new location by the end of September or pause their operations for at least a year.
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PublishedAugust 29, 2024
Midcoast nonprofit surpasses 100,000 pounds of produce
Growing to Give reached a milestone this August, donating over 100,000 pounds of produce, an estimated 83,333 meals, to address the critical need.
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PublishedAugust 5, 2024
Summer meals programs gets food to thousands of Maine kids, but barriers remain
Each summer, thousands of free meals are handed out to children across Maine, but hunger prevention advocates say more flexibility would allow more families to access the food they need.
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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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