February is Canned Food Month. In commemoration, we’re highlighting the state of global and local food insecurity and exploring creating food security for urban communities through community gardening and food preservation techniques. | From: Fun Times Magazine (Read more.)
Advocates are angered over the loss, but many Americans weren’t in favor of it. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
El supermercado Juniata se inauguró el 1 de diciembre en el norte de Filadelfia. La nueva instalación en el bloque 900 de la calle East Luzerne solía ser una bodega abandonada. | From: Philatinos Radio (Read more.)
A Philadelphia neighborhood once considered a food desert has a new supermarket, and the owner did it without government assistance. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
While the new location is still not public, the general manager of Weavers Way, Jon Roesser, says there are great new perks. These include about 5000 square feet of space, a parking lot, a freight elevator, and a loading dock. The GM says their new site would be larger than their flagship Mt. Airy store but smaller than their Ambler location. The store is also hopeful the new building will accommodate a rooftop farm. | From: Germantown Info Hub (Read more.)
Community organizations and individuals throughout the neighborhoods of Kensington, Harrowgate, Norris Square, and Fairhill regularly take care of each other through food distributions and other food access programs. | From Kensington Voice (Read more.)
No breakfast or lunch ever arrived to feed children at Mitchell Elementary in Southwest Philadelphia — and it wasn’t the first time this term meals failed to arrive at the school. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
September 26 marks the first anniversary of the Germantown Community Fridge. To celebrate, the fridge founder, Jane Ellis, will throw a community giveback. | From: Germantown Info Hub (Read more.)
“Over the course of last year, we saw months that showed the biggest spikes in food insecurity in the last 50 years in this country.” | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
LGBT adults living in the U.S. are nearly twice as likely to experience food insecurity as non-LGBT adults, according to new survey data from the U.S. Census Bureau. | From: Philadelphia Gay News (Read more.)
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