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 […]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Our View: Don’t lose sight of food stamp cuts
While the nation is engrossed in a historic impeachment inquiry, 1 million families are at risk of losing vital support.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Trump proposal could end food stamps benefits for 44,000 Mainers, state says
The Mills administration estimates that 27% of Maine residents who now receive the assistance would be affected by the White House plan to eliminate automatic enrollment.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Washington shouldn’t leave needy, hungry students behind
Speak out against a proposal that will slash access to free school meals and affect children’s ability to learn.