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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…

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…

A Massachusetts charity is trying to make sure it can get food to those in need after its truck was vandalized. The United Way of Greater New Bedford is working to figure out how to continue its mission after workers found the windows of the vehicle smashed and tools missing Tuesday. “Our team showed up at the truck lot and…

Sitting in front of a room with the attention of lawmakers and nonprofit and business leaders, Donnette McManus shared her story. “On July 26, 2019, I became mother of three.” She said her entire world shifted when her sister passed away days after giving birth to a baby McManus would raise as her own. With three mouths to feed, she…

A group of Massachusetts organizations is working together to help end food insecurity in the state.

Agencies serving food-insecure Vermonters are launching a new network, with strengthened community partnerships and technology upgrades, which they think could revolutionize the way charitable food support is delivered to potentially tens of thousands of recipients in the Champlain Valley. The familiar food shelf is not going away, but in an effort to reduce stigma and to reach more people including…

The head of the World Food program says the United States is stepping up to buy about 150,000 metric tons of grain from Ukraine in the next few weeks for an upcoming shipment to hungry areas of the world.

A local program with the goal of ensuring students in the Boston area have a healthy meal in the summer months is getting national attention. The Shah Family Foundation started the Local Lunchbox program in Chelsea, Massachusetts, at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Advocates were looking to find a way to get food to kids who were learning from…

With food insecurity affecting over a third of Massachusetts’ adult population, a young Natick girl is trying to tackle the problem with kindness. About 1.8 million people in the Bay State are hungry, according to the Greater Boston Food Bank. Hoping to help keep people fed, 7-year-old Fiona Sack built her very own little food pantry. Fiona’s father, Grayson Sack,…

Thousands of people across Massachusetts went out for a walk on Sunday — a walk that’s raised more than a million dollars to help fight hunger in the commonwealth. On a perfect sunny day for an outdoor activity, some people went outside for more than just a breath of fresh air. “Today is actually a statewide fundraising event for Project…

With food insecurity worsening since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, a Worcester man is trying to fight hunger one seedling at a time. “No one in America should be starving,” said Charles Luster. When Luster retired, the former college basketball coach, teacher and businessman first entertained the idea of entering the cannabis business, but he turned his attention to…

Greater Boston Food Bank CEO Catherine D’Amato on the challenges of feeding the food insecure amid the challenges of COVID, supply chain delays and inflation.

A sight that’s harder to find these days could be seen Monday in Boston: Thanksgiving turkeys were handed out to more than 100 families in Roxbury. That’s thanks to a pair of Guys — New England Patriots Defensive Tackle Lawrence Guy and his wife, Andrea Guy, paid it back at the 11th annual Guy Family Thanksgiving Giveaway at the Orchard…

About one out of every six Rhode Island households struggles to put enough food on the table, significantly lower than during the height of the pandemic last year, but higher than pre-pandemic levels, according to a report released Monday. Black and Latino households were particularly hard hit this year, with 34% percent each unable to meet basic food needs, according…

It is an annual tradition and this year — the need is greater than ever. What makes this United Way’s largest Thanksgiving Project ever is the fact it is being held across 30 locations in eastern Massachusetts and providing meals to over 18,000 families. On Columbia Street in Dorchester, 3,0000 meals were packed and given out to those in need….

The goal: to make sure nobody goes hungry this Thanksgiving

A tight supply chain and rising prices mean Thanksgiving will be 10% to 30% more expensive this year. It’s putting a lot of stress on food banks that are trying to meet rising demand for assistance as the holidays approach. The demand always spikes this time of year, but the current environment is especially difficult. The Vine Food Pantry in…

Elon Musk tweeted he would sell Tesla stock to fight world hunger — if the the head of the UN’s World Food Programme could publish a detailed spending proposal.