food insecurity
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More Turning to Food Banks as Pandemic Rages
The mounting economic toll of the coronavirus pandemic has forced many Americans to resort to food banks.
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D.C. Children in Rental Housing Are Food-Insecure: Report
A new survey found that one in four adults with children in the District say they can’t afford enough food…
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Food Giveaway Hints at Increasing Community Need
As the D.C. metropolitan area approaches the sixth month of a public health emergency that has significantly slowed economic activity…
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Food for Thought: How School Meal Programs Navigate COVID-19
District families with children who qualify for free or reduced-price school meals will receive benefits automatically.
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Concerns About Food Insecurity Loom Large Amid Pandemic
Once the coronavirus pandemic increased consumer demand for produce and nonperishables, local retailers and wholesalers were no longer able to…
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Food Deserts Continue Within D.C.’s Southeast-Based Environs
The significant differences between the District's eight wards have particularly been of grave concern and garnered the attention of the…
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Bowie State U. Opens Pantry to Combat Student Food Insecurity
Bowie State University in Maryland has opened a new food pantry to benefit students with food insecurity.
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Food Apartheid Still Threat to Health, Welfare of Nation’s Blacks, Poor
As the D.C. Council and Mayor Muriel Bowser move toward the review, debate and eventual approval of the FY 2021…
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Morgan State University’s Food Resource Center Helps Needy Students
Morgan State University announced the launch of a new Food Resource Center on its Baltimore campus, aiming to relieve students…
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Government Cuts to SNAP, WIC Affect Black Women: Report
Given that people of color — particularly African Americans — already face such high rates of maternal and infant mortality,…
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