If we divert the $1.8 billion devoted to the cancer ‘moonshot’ into ending hunger, every dollar spent will have a guaranteed positive impact on health immediately – in Maine and across the country.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: The phasing out of pandemic SNAP benefits is out of touch
Pre-COVID levels of food assistance are simply no match for a ‘post-COVID’ world.
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Posted inNation & World
Biden’s strategy to end hunger in U.S. includes more benefits
According to the Food and Drug Administration, 10% of households suffered food insecurity last year.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Public-private partnership can pave way to hunger-free Maine
A unique collaboration spurred by the pandemic led to our state’s lowest food insecurity rates in nearly 20 years. We need more of the same.
Posted inBusiness
Bountiful: Somali Bantu farm in Wales reaping a harvest
80% of the commercial operation crop helps feed hungry Mainers.
Posted inLocal & State, Uncategorized
UWTVA fights food insecurity in Greater Franklin County
More than 11% of people in Franklin County struggle with food insecurity, or reliable access to healthy food. United Way of the Tri-Valley Area has begun launching programs to close that hunger gap.
Posted inNation & World, News
UN report finds 2.3 billion people severely or moderately hungry in 2021
That was before the Ukraine war, which has sparked increases in the cost of grain, fertilizer and energy, according to a U.N. report released Wednesday.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
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.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
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.
Posted inLocal & State
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