Hunger
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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.
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PublishedMarch 6, 2022
After growing up hungry in Portland, Cognac entrepreneurs help fight food insecurity in Maine
Golden Wat Cognac founding partner Kevin Ly relied on free food programs as a kid in Portland. Now, his company is donating 100 percent of its first-year profits from Maine sales to Full Plates, Full Potential.
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PublishedJanuary 14, 2022
New report says Maine’s goal of ending hunger by 2030 is ‘within reach’
A legislative hearing will get an update on the draft report next week as officials eye solutions to address 'a breathtaking level of suffering' by hungry Mainers
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PublishedNovember 24, 2021
Our View: Food insecurity in the military says a lot about hunger in America
Thousands of military families struggle to get enough food, for the same reasons that other families do.
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PublishedOctober 3, 2021
Pandemic highlights food insecurity in Maine’s tribal communities
A nonprofit is trying to help build resiliency by educating people about how to grow and cook traditional foods.
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PublishedSeptember 26, 2021
Commentary: Starvation as big a threat to Afghan women as the Taliban
Forcing wage earners into their homes puts entire families at risk. The country’s political chaos could soon turn into a health crisis.
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PublishedJuly 14, 2021
State urges Maine families to apply for free school meals
The data collected on the forms is used to determine state and federal funding, so it's important they are completed even though meals will continue to be free for all students, the Department of Education says.
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PublishedJuly 4, 2021
Do the patriotic thing: Grow a garden
For a whole host of reasons, gardening is good citizenship.
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PublishedMay 30, 2021
New Cape Elizabeth nonprofit feeds the hungry while helping farmers
Farms for Food Equity buys surplus produce from Maine farms and distributes it to local food banks.