hunger
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PublishedFebruary 17, 2023
Our View: The phasing out of pandemic SNAP benefits is out of touch
Pre-COVID levels of food assistance are simply no match for a ‘post-COVID’ world.
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PublishedFebruary 8, 2023
Maine Voices: Close the gap and help end hunger in our state
If just half of Maine income taxpayers check off the $25 voluntary donation box, it will bring in $10 million to feed our food-insecure friends and neighbors.
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PublishedNovember 14, 2022
Local farmer, land trust team up to donate 2 tons of blueberries
With help from a local farmer, Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust donated over 4,000 pounds of frozen blueberries to organizations that fight the growing problem of food insecurity.
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PublishedOctober 14, 2022
Record 4.7 million Haitians facing acute hunger
Inflation and political gridlock have exacerbated protests and brought society to the breaking point.
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PublishedSeptember 27, 2022
Biden’s strategy to end hunger in U.S. includes more benefits
According to the Food and Drug Administration, 10% of households suffered food insecurity last year.
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PublishedSeptember 20, 2022
Commentary: Public-private partnership can pave way to hunger-free Maine
A unique collaboration spurred by the pandemic led to our state’s lowest food insecurity rates in nearly 20 years. We need more of the same.
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2022
Bountiful: Somali Bantu farm in Wales reaping a harvest
80% of the commercial operation crop helps feed hungry Mainers.
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PublishedJuly 6, 2022
UN report finds 2.3 billion people severely or moderately hungry in 2021
That was before the Ukraine war, which has sparked increases in the cost of grain, fertilizer and energy, according to a U.N. report released Wednesday.
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PublishedMay 12, 2022
Our View: Hospital’s new Portland food pantry shows broad view of health
Instead of just treating sickness, MaineHealth is taking on the things that make us sick.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2022
Our View: What do we gain by cutting school meals?
Waivers that allowed districts to innovate in the face of the pandemic are set to end June 30, and it will do nothing but harm students and schools.