A South Jersey restaurateur felt a kinship with the Afghan evacuees arriving in Philadelphia, and he didn’t hesitate to step away from his thriving business when asked to help. | From: Metro Philadelphia (Read more.)
Nelson is the founder of Mama-Tee, an e-commerce store and apparel brand that recently launched the Community Fridge Project. Designed to provide food for those in need, the project features refrigerators, painted in a signature, bright-banana-colored yellow, set up outdoors for anyone to access. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
En medio de la pandemia de coronavirus, la ayuda mutua ha crecido mientras los vecinos dependen unos de otros para ayudar con la comida. | Para: AL DÍA (Read more.)
Philadelphia is now taking notes from New York’s experiment in mutual aid as several fridges have been set up to provide nutrition for the community. They all share the same objectives: to reduce waste, to make fresh and healthy food more accessible, and to create a more equitable city. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
Brandywine—through their partnership with Mount Vernon Manor in Mantua and Centennial Parkside CDC and a few of their restaurant tenants—have been able to supply 12,770 meals and counting to underserved communities in Philadelphia. By the end of the summer, the program is aiming to serve a total of 13,600. | From: Metro Philly (Read more.)
Why buy food when you can grow it, experts and local farmers are asking. It might be a solution to the food insecurity caused by the current pandemic. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
The City of Philadelphia is giving away free food to those in need during the coronavirus pandemic, but standard food pantry fare isn’t comfort food for all. So, local immigrant-led organizations and businesses are branching out with efforts to give away the food their communities crave. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
El nuevo sitio web de la ciudad presenta un mapa de todas las ubicaciones y otros criterios para ciertos sitios. | Por: AL DÍA (Read more.)
The city recently unveiled a website that provides a database for all Philadelphians need to know about getting free food (and where) amid the coronavirus shutdown. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
Paolo Narciso, vice president of AARP Foundation Impact Areas, and Meredith Ponder Whitmire, policy director for the Defeat Malnutrition Today coalition, join host Charles Ellison to discuss food insecurity among seniors. | From: EcoWURD Foodlab (Read more.)
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