We’ve been tracking the progress of the School Meals for All bill in the Massachusetts legislature. Here’s the latest update from Project Bread: The Education Committee has extended their Feb 2. deadline to report on School Meals for All to June 1. This extension order gives us more time to continue advocating for a […]
Keeping up with what’s going on in the world of food, food security, food justice and food insecurity means we spend a lot of time reading news feeds from various sources. Besides picking up important news and events, scanning the news feeds also gives us a snapshot of trending topics. Over the past few months, […]
School’s out, and that means thousands of families who rely on the school meals program to help feed their children often find themselves struggling to provide nutritious meals. The Summer Food Service Program, known as Summer Eats, helps fill that gap for the 400,000 students who qualify for free or reduced breakfast and lunch in […]
SNAP and Health – Intricately Intertwined Over the past week, we’ve spent some time reading the December 2017 report from the Food Research and Action Center, Hunger & Health: The Impact of Poverty, Food Insecurity and Poor Nutrition on Health & Wellbeing. The findings are eye-opening – or, more to the point, they confirm what […]
