Why We Need You to Support HIP Now The Massachusetts legislature is currently setting its budget priorities for the 2019 FY budget. We’re asking the legislature to include $6.2 million in the budget to support HIP for FY2019. Your legislators need to hear from you about the importance of HIP. Legislators have until this Friday, […]
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Food Policy News – Five Food Policy Issues to Watch
Keeping up with food policy news isn’t always easy. With all the changes coming from Washington and the states (even Massachusetts isn’t immune), sometimes policy changes that affect the food environment fly under the radar. Often, policies seemingly unrelated to hunger prevention can have a profound effect on programs that fight food insecurity and promote […]
Five Worcester Food Pantries You Can Support
Throughout the month, we’ll be writing about food and anti-hunger programs and projects you can support with your time, your skills and your dollars, not just in December but year round. Each type of program has a specific focus and provides for specific needs. Today’s focus – five Worcester food pantries that provide food items […]
A Resilient Food System and Urban Agriculture – A Look Back
Over the years, we’ve published many posts about urban agriculture and its many contributions to resilient food system. They tend to get buried, but they offer so much food for thought. This morning, we’re taking a look back at older posts and pulling together a reading list about food resilience and the importance of urban […]
#GivingTuesday – 10 Community Orgs that Fight Hunger
Giving Tuesday 2017 is tomorrow – will you be participating? Since its inception in 2012, Giving Tuesday has been an antidote to the excesses of the shopping “holidays” of Black Friday, Cyber Monday and all their assorted iterations. Here in Worcester, there are dozens of organizations that benefit our friends and neighbors throughout the year. […]