food insecurity

Organizing a meal train, or simply surprising a neighbor with a favorite dish, are just a couple of ways you can help those in need.

Martha Mae Adams is a retired postal police officer who lives in New York City. After leaving that career for health reasons, she continued to support herself with the help of some income she made working with children. But COVID-19 ended that. She talked to NBCLX about overcoming her shame to accept donations from a food pantry during the pandemic....

More than a dozen colorful community refrigerators are now available on the streets of Chicago for people suffering from food insecurity. Ramon “Radius” Norwood and James Wurm joined LX News to discuss “The Love Fridge” program and how racial discrimination leads to food deserts in the city.

World Central Kitchen, the food relief organization founded by celebrity chef José Andrés, has provided about 35 million meals across the country since March as the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a spike in food insecurity. CEO Nate Mook joined LX News to talk about the need for an “all-inclusive approach” to America’s growing hunger crisis.

As the coronavirus pandemic stretches on, more people than ever are going hungry — but across the country, volunteers are stepping up to help. Before the pandemic, more than 35 million people in the U.S. struggled with hunger, according to Feeding America. But now, with millions of Americans unemployed and a second relief check uncertain, the non-profit estimates that more than 50 million people...

Food insecurity, defined as a lack of consistent access to enough food for an active healthy life, has grown by nearly 50% since 2019 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Feeding America’s Kate Leone says food banks across the country are seeing this crisis affect people who have never needed assistance before.

Food insecurity is a global problem that has only become more urgent during the pandemic. In an apartment building for low-income seniors in Brooklyn, one solution to the problem of finding affordable fresh produce can be found in the basement. Yusuf Omar of Hashtag Our Stories shows us how hydroponics can help reduce hunger in cities.

As cases of COVID-19 continue to surge across South Florida, Miami-Dade Public Schools will continue serving free meals to children in the community through the end of the school year.  Free breakfast and lunch will be provided to all students, regardless of socioeconomic status, according to a news release. “This will help ensure all children have access to nutritious...

Feeding America recently revealed that more than 50 million people may experience food insecurity in 2020 due in part to the coronavirus pandemic. Kate Leone joined LX News from the organization to explain how one missed paycheck can put a family at risk of food scarcity and why children are being hit especially hard by the crisis.

LX News speaks with Bread for the World’s Heather Taylor about the state of food insecurity and poverty in the U.S., which have been rising as congressional negotiations over another stimulus package continue to drag on without action.

In Blue Handmade, a leather accessories company in North Carolina, has been donating 50 meals for every bag sold during the pandemic. The owner, Mary Lynn Schroeder, joined LX News to talk about how the donation program has helped keep her business running during the economic downturn while helping people in need.

Connecticut father Dan Presser and his four-year-old daughter Madison are recreating famous movie scenes from iconic films such as “The Wizard of Oz” and “Titanic” to raise money for Feeding America.

Due to the current recession brought on by COVID-19, Lauren Bauer, a fellow at the Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution, says we are seeing higher rates of food insecurity for minority families due to a loss of jobs, loss of income and closing of schools.

Located on East 108th Street and First Avenue, the Barrio Fridge is open twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week and undergoes cleaning twice a day. Campbell says there are about ten volunteers who help with maintenance, like keeping the fridge stocked and food pick-up, and while different companies and restaurants in the area have also helped out, the...

A community fridge in East Harlem is not just fighting insecurity — it’s bringing the neighborhood together. Three chefs who live in the community launched the Barrio Fridge in June after they saw how the coronavirus pandemic was making fresh and healthy food even scarcer in their dense neighborhood. They have since seen how the simple initiative has brought people...

For Alicia Curtis, a mother of four, grocery shopping can be tough. She lives in Opa-locka, in an area called a “food desert,” where the closest supermarket is at least a mile away.

Did you know that in South Florida there are hundreds of food deserts? Communities where families are forced to eat what is readily available — usually cheap and unhealthy fast food. But as NBC 6 Reporter Kim Wynne will tells us, some are working to turn the deserts into oasis.

If you have been to the grocery store lately, you may have noticed the price on some foods steadily rising during the pandemic. Since February, the Federal Bureau of Economic Analysis notes sharp increases in food prices. NBC 6’s Sasha Jones reports.

Four U.N. agencies have issued a warning that the coronavirus pandemic is creating a starvation crisis that will take an especially heavy toll on children. By the end of the year, more than 270 million could be hungry. The crisis is not sparing the U.S. More than 10% of Americans say they are “food scarce” right now, according to new...

Amid one of the worst downturns in U.S. history, the number of Americans who are struggling to pay for food has soared. Around 20% of adults living with children said they couldn’t afford to adequately feed their families over the last seven days, and nearly 26 million adults said people in their households are not eating enough because of a...