Maine’s soup kitchens and food banks see their donations spike during the holiday season, but the 13.6% of Maine households experiencing food insecurity know the need doesn’t end with the holidays.
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Holiday meal program underscores food insecurity
Save a Lot, with its customers and Moss Brook Church teamed up for the fourth year on Bags for a Brighter Holiday, a program that brings bags of pantry staples and meals to local residents during the Christmas season.
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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.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
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.
Posted inMaine, 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 inRiver Valley, Rumford Falls Times
River Valley families receive food for school vacation week
Members of the River Valley Healthy Communities Coalition delivered a total of 150 bags to schools in Mexico, Peru and Rumford.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, River Valley
Hospitals, food bank work to end food insecurity and chronic illness
RUMFORD — Patients discharged from Rumford Hospital this year may find that they’ve been given a bag of healthful, high-protein food and a list of where to find food pantries. The hospital, along with Bridgton Hospital and Family Medicine Residency in Lewiston, is participating in the Community Health and Hunger Program in partnership with Good […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, sj-web
Danielle Blair: Why not wasting food is important
FARMINGTON — Danielle Blair is careful to only buy what she needs when she’s grocery shopping. Part of that practice is the result of “being a thrifty college student,” the 22-year-old and recent University of Maine at Farmington graduate said. But her interest runs deeper than being frugal. She’s passionate about preventing food insecurity, seeing […]
Posted inLetters, sj-web
Contributing to food insecurity
After learning about the Trump administration’s “harvest box” program, I was appalled. The harvest box program would slash SNAP funding by 30 percent and deliver participants a box of conventional, shelf-stable food each month. The program does not consider an individual’s preferences or dietary restrictions and strips individuals’ freedom to shop for themselves. Proposed by […]
Posted inFranklin
Greater Franklin County summit addresses food insecurity
FARMINGTON — Hunger is a growing problem in Greater Franklin County, where food pantries serve more than 1,200 people a month. A group of more than 50 representatives of food pantries, educators and medical personnel met Thursday to address that problem by developing a list of barriers people face to get enough food and how […]