food insecurity

With many Chelsea residents dealing with food insecurity, PriceRite is working with Feed the Children to combat hunger.

Despite record low unemployment, nonprofits say they are continuing to see rising demand for food assistance as Congress debates further cuts.

The World Food Program is warning that humanitarian funding cuts by governments are forcing the U.N. agency to drastically cut food rations to the world’s hungriest people.

The United Nations says it has been forced to cut food, cash payments and assistance to millions of people in many countries because of “a crippling funding crisis” that has seen its donations plummet by about half as acute hunger is hitting record levels.

About a third of the world’s food is thrown away, and a Massachusetts company is looking to turn that waste into renewable energy. CEO Ryan Begin of Concord-based Divert says the U.S. wastes even more food in the summer than in the winter. “In the summer, we see the largest spike, because you have highly perishable strawberries, bananas, blueberries,...

Thousands of people in Massachusetts could be at risk of losing their nutrition assistance under a provision in the debt limit deal. A provision in the agreement would raise the ages of participants who need to provide proof of work for the supplemental nutrition assistance program from 18 to 49 to ages 18 to 54. “This population that is being…

The federal government has ended a program that was offering extra Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to those in need, but Massachusetts is stepping in to offer some extra help for a few more months. About 630,000 families in the Bay State were getting extra SNAP money from the federal government, a form of COVID-era emergency assistance, on top…

Food insecurity is an ongoing issue in Boston and across Massachusetts, particularly for families with children and minority groups. The problem is particularly acute in Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood.  One local grocery store chain is stepping up to the plate to make it easier for struggling students there to put food on the table.   Stop & Shop recently selected Mattahunt...

The ordinance being proposed by Boston City Councilors Gabriela Coletta and Ricardo Arroyo would require food that vendors would otherwise throw away to be donated to nonprofits.

Boston could soon be a leader in the fight against food insecurity, according to two city councilors who have proposed a food recovery program. The ordinance being proposed by Boston City Councilors Gabriela Coletta and Ricardo Arroyo would require food that vendors would otherwise throw away to be donated to nonprofits. “I’ve personally seen hundreds of people in my...

Nearly 30 million Americans who got extra government help with grocery bills during the pandemic will soon see that aid shrink.

A program being made available at dozens of Massachusetts Stop & Shop locations can save customers money while also limiting waste. One in three Massachusetts adults is experiencing food insecurity, according to the Greater Boston Food Bank, and rising prices have exacerbated the problem. The Flashfood app aims to help by connecting shoppers with grocery stores that have food items…

People across Boston suffer from food insecurity, and an organization in Mattapan is trying to help.

As college students head home for the holidays, cafeteria food left behind is being saved by Heat-n-Eats, a program from FoodForFree.org.

Thousands of Boston-area residents were in line for Thanksgiving supplies Tuesday in Chelsea, Massachusetts. Geraldine Benton, a 73-year-old woman on a fixed income, is one of many struggling with the cost of food on the rise. “They really gone up, they really gone up, and it’s terrible,” Benton said. More than $200,000 worth of food items were bought from donations…

At the food pantry inside the Friendly House in Worcester, Massachusetts, volunteers are working hard to meet the increasing needs within the community. “I think it is a really tough time of year and I think people are feeling pinched,” Friendly House Executive Director Trish Appert said. Between the holidays and daily meals, food pantry director Josefina Velez said the…

The price of food has gone up drastically, and it’s putting a strain on the nonprofits that feed those who are food insecure. Keeping up with the demand for food assistance is a heavy lift for Chelsea Nonprofit La Colaborativa.  Gladys Vega, the organization’s executive director, spent part of Tuesday morning doing inventory of everything in her food storage trailers to figure...

Many military families can’t afford food and other basic needs. The Department of Defense said it’s working to fix the problem.

One after the other, hundreds of turkeys made their way from the loading dock to the giant freezer at the Greater Boston Food Bank, passing through the hands of several Massachusetts leaders. Like a holiday passing of the torch, Gov. Charlie Baker handed turkeys to Attorney General and Governor-elect Maura Healey, who passed them to Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, who…

The Weymouth Food Pantry had just repaired their delivery truck after someone stole the catalytic converter off of it in September. Friday morning, they came in and found that someone stole it, again.