Gone are the salad bars and buffets where students mix-and-match their ideal lunch.
food insecurity
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Congress should make a deal on COVID relief
Too many Republicans on Capitol Hill seem content to sit back and watch Americans suffer.
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Posted inLocal & State
More Mainers struggle to feed their families as agencies fear worst to come
Before the pandemic, the state already had an elevated level of hunger compared to the rest of the nation. Now, relief programs are adapting to an intensifying crisis.
Posted inFood, Nation & World
Hunger may kill more people than COVID this year
As many as 132 million more people than previously projected could go hungry in 2020.
Posted inThe Forecaster
Drive-thru food drive planned in Portland
PORTLAND — United Way of Greater Portland is teaming up with Wayside Food Programs to hold a contactless drive-thru food drive from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 18 at Wayside Food Programs, 135 Walton St. The food collected will benefit food pantries throughout Cumberland County. Wayside Food Programs operates five mobile food pantries and […]
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: We can’t let food sit and rot while our neighbors go hungry
Forgotten Orchard is encouraging Mainers to look for overlooked fruit along roadsides and in yards and see that it gets harvested and distributed.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Across Maine, nation, rise in hunger should set off alarm bells
Millions of Americans are having trouble putting food on the table, and things could get much worse if nothing is done.
Posted inLocal & State
Large turnout for Augusta food giveaway highlights need in central Maine
Augusta Food Bank Executive Director Bob Moore said more than 150 cars were lined up for a food giveaway at the Augusta Civic Center an hour before it began Thursday.
Posted inTimes Record
Local organizations step up to help feed people in need during pandemic
Growing to Give, a farm-based nonprofit in Brunswick, is ramping up production to help feed more people, while local farms and the Brunswick Topsham Land Trust are distributing seedlings to help people grow their own food.
Posted inLocal & State
Waterville’s Sacred Heart Soup Kitchen closes permanently
The soup kitchen, which operated at Sacred Heart Church for 40 years, closed temporarily when the coronavirus pandemic hit in March.