Maine’s soup kitchens and food banks see their donations spike during the holiday season, but the 13.6% of Maine households experiencing food insecurity know the need doesn’t end with the holidays.
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Posted inThe Forecaster
Benefit planned for food pantry, soup kitchen
PORTLAND — St. Peter Parish in Portland will hold a dinner, live auction and dance Saturday, Jan. 18, to benefit the Sacred Heart/St. Dominic Food Pantry and the St. Vincent de Paul Soup Kitchen. The fundraiser will be held from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the Guild Hall, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, 307 […]
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Why aren’t we doing more to end hunger?
Millions of Americans and tens of thousands of Mainers still don’t get enough nutritious food.
Posted inThe Forecaster
Portland Public Food Fund awards grants to school nutrition projects
PORTLAND — Portland Public Schools’ Food Fuels Learning completed its first round of Food Fund mini-grants, awarding them to three school-based projects. Stocking The King Food Pantry received $400; Riverton School’s Garden Education Supplies and Materials received $300 to provide teachers with lesson kits on gardening to grow food for students; and the Friday Food Partner […]
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Rep. Moonen: Inclusivity has been a key value in Maine policymaking in 2019
Bills passed this year have addressed issues such as equal pay, automatic voter registration, state-tribal ties, food insecurity and ending conversion therapy.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Work requirement no way to fight hunger
Maine’s experience fighting hunger shows that employment alone is not enough.
Posted inNation & World, News
Trump administration rule will cut food stamps for nearly 700,000 people
The new plan will strip states’ ability to issue work requirement waivers unless a county has an unemployment rate of 6% or higher.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Hannaford pledges to give $1 million, launch program to combat child hunger
The supermarket chain plans to establish food pantries in 90 schools around the Northeast.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: We are having the wrong debate over school meals eligibility
We should be talking about how to expand school meals, not arguing over whether students deserve them.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Insight: Starving seniors – how America fails to feed its elderly
More than 5 million of them don’t have consistent access to enough food to sustain a healthy life, a number that has doubled since 2001.