From Philadelphia Media Network: St. Francis sits on Kensington Avenue, in the heart of Philly’s perfect storm, but the suffering citywide is so severe that it lends itself to a simple, stark shorthand: We are the poorest and hungriest big city in the country, and the epicenter of the urban opioid crisis to boot. This is our reality now. (Read more.)
From NBC10/Telemundo62: More than 300,000 people in the city, roughly one in five residents, live in households that the federal government determined to be “food insecure,” meaning they are “unable to always afford sufficient food.” (Read more.)
To ensure every Philadelphian has enough food to survive, it would cost an amount equal to about $100 per year for every resident, a new report estimates. Over the past six years, the number of people experiencing food insecurity in Philadelphia has increased by 22 percent, according to a joint study by organizations Hunger Free America and Philabundance. (Read more.)
From Philadelphia Media Network: Based on data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the report found that in the 2015-17 time period, 302,685 Philadelphia residents, or 18.3 percent of the population, lived in households that the federal government designates as food insecure. That’s a measure of hunger meaning that people didn’t have enough food in the course of a year to lead a healthy lifestyle. (Read more.)
From Generocity: The largest philanthropic organization in DelCo — which announced a new name, new partnerships and a new funding strategy this past March — just granted a whopping $1,165,000 via 46 grants to 42 local nonprofits. (Read more.)
Centralized intake systems hinge on collaboration between providers. In Philadelphia, the homeless services, home visiting and legal sectors are all developing ways to bring the method to their clients. (Read more.)
From NBC10/Telemundo62 : Broke In Philly: Sunday Suppers Fight Food Insecurity
In this episode of Broke In Philly, NBC10 talks to Sherita Mouzon, who works as a Witness to Hunger with Drexel’s Center for Hunger Free Communities. There, she helps to fight food insecurity by equipping families to prepare and cook healthy meals at weekly Sunday suppers. (Read more.)
Kait Bowdler, Deputy Director of Sustainability at Philadbundance, talks about their line of Abundantly Good cheese in which every purchase rescues food, funds local farms, and helps feed those in need. (Read more.)
From The Philadelphia Citizen: After more than 30 years in operation, Philabundance is now launching something new, something that is the source of Retamar and Bowdler’s snacking habit: Abundantly Good, a retail line of cheeses, the proceeds of which are used to turn surplus milk, which would otherwise go to waste, into cheese for the people facing food insecurity. (Read more.)
From Generocity: Motivated to highlight food insecurity and the necessity of community gardens, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) and Broad Street Ministry (BSM) partnered and were awarded a $300,000 grant from the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage last year. (Read more.)
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