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.

Maine 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.

No school feeding program in Oxford Hills this summer

The kitchen at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School has to close while its refrigeration and freezer units are being replaced.

New Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer program offers cash to help feed Maine’s children

Families whose children get free or reduced-price meals will get $382 per child to compensate them for what they missed after schools closed.

In Maine or in the Bronx … food shortages being met without stimulus money

Oxford Hills food assistance resources

Local volunteer organizations continue feeding their communities while local eateries do their part to help those in need.

As crisis deepens, Maine food banks scramble to keep up

Some food pantries report demand is up 50 percent or more as people lose jobs and paychecks, yet limited supplies and a shrinking volunteer base are hampering logistics.

New community project to work on processing extra food

Preserving produce and processed foods for future use by food pantry recipients was identified as the top priority among those attending a meeting Thursday, Feb. 13, at Knowlton Corner Farm.

Brunswick dinner benefits the hungry in the name of MLK

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.

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.