Eight years ago, when I stepped through the back door of the Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program on Tenney Way in Brunswick for my first shift in the soup kitchen, I hardly imagined what a few hours of chopping and roasting and stirring on Monday mornings would come to mean to me. If I was […]
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Giving Voice: How Mid Coast Hunger Prevention makes its food do the most good
Food donations to Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program come in all shapes and sizes, ranging from a pallet of in-season excess from a farm partner to boxes of items pulled from retail partners’ shelves to a can of soup delivered by a neighbor. In order for as much good as possible to be done with […]
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Giving Voice: The generosity of the holidays
The generosity and kindness of our Midcoast Maine community is never more evident than during the months of November and December, the holiday season, when those in need may need a little more, and those who are able always find a way to give a little more. In many ways, the Mid Coast Hunger Prevention […]
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Ocean bottom-dweller helps battle food insecurity this Christmas
Maine Coast Fisherman’s Association donates 150 servings of locally sourced monkfish stew to Brunswick soup kitchen.
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Giving Voice: Remembering others’ challenges through the holidays
As the last leaves cling to the trees, awaiting just the right moment to be swept away, we find ourselves in the midst of another holiday season. It’s a time for celebrating with our loved ones over delicious foods, and for reflecting on all that we are grateful for. However, it’s also a time to […]
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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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Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program offers Thanksgiving options
Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program is offering two holiday meal options this Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving Kits for at-home cooking include boxed stuffing, gravy mixes, canned corn and green beans, butternut squash, carrots, potatoes and a $10 grocery gift card. Meal kits are available for pickup at MCHPP’s Food Pantry (12 Tenney Way) from 11 a.m. to […]
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Brunswick community kitchen cuts into food system inefficiencies
Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program’s new Community Kitchen allows non-profits and businesses temporary access to commercial appliances, which the organization says will reduce food insecurity and improve the efficiency of the local food system.
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Green Plate Special: A new kitchen in Brunswick is eager to share its pots, pans and ranges
The Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program has opened up its new 12,000-square foot kitchen to other groups, individuals and nonprofits that meet community needs.
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March of the monkfish: How a bottom-dweller keeps bellies full, fisheries afloat
By serving up seafood like monkfish stew at low or no cost, the Fishermen Feeding Mainers program helps keep Maine’s turbulent fishing industry afloat while helping the food insecure obtain nutritious meals.