The Mills administration estimates that 27% of Maine residents who now receive the assistance would be affected by the White House plan to eliminate automatic enrollment.
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Posted inRiver Valley, Rumford Falls Times
River Valley families receive food for school vacation week
Members of the River Valley Healthy Communities Coalition delivered a total of 150 bags to schools in Mexico, Peru and Rumford.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, River Valley
Hospitals, food bank work to end food insecurity and chronic illness
RUMFORD — Patients discharged from Rumford Hospital this year may find that they’ve been given a bag of healthful, high-protein food and a list of where to find food pantries. The hospital, along with Bridgton Hospital and Family Medicine Residency in Lewiston, is participating in the Community Health and Hunger Program in partnership with Good […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, sj-web
Danielle Blair: Why not wasting food is important
FARMINGTON — Danielle Blair is careful to only buy what she needs when she’s grocery shopping. Part of that practice is the result of “being a thrifty college student,” the 22-year-old and recent University of Maine at Farmington graduate said. But her interest runs deeper than being frugal. She’s passionate about preventing food insecurity, seeing […]
Posted inLetters, sj-web
Contributing to food insecurity
After learning about the Trump administration’s “harvest box” program, I was appalled. The harvest box program would slash SNAP funding by 30 percent and deliver participants a box of conventional, shelf-stable food each month. The program does not consider an individual’s preferences or dietary restrictions and strips individuals’ freedom to shop for themselves. Proposed by […]
Posted inFranklin
Greater Franklin County summit addresses food insecurity
FARMINGTON — Hunger is a growing problem in Greater Franklin County, where food pantries serve more than 1,200 people a month. A group of more than 50 representatives of food pantries, educators and medical personnel met Thursday to address that problem by developing a list of barriers people face to get enough food and how […]
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Food insecurity focus of Martin Luther King Jr. Day service in Farmington
FARMINGTON — The plight of people in Franklin County who face food insecurity and the efforts undertaken to confront it were the focus of a service honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. held Monday at Henderson Memorial Baptist Church. “The service is offered each year by the churches of the Farmington Area Ecumenical Ministry, and […]
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Rep. Jennifer DeChant: Report shows Maine must address food insecurity
Approximately 63,000 Maine children are food insecure. Food insecurity describes when someone does not have consistent access to food, either because of their income or because resources are limited where he or she lives. This condition of poverty directly impacts the health of Maine’s population and economy. Each year, based in statute, the Maine Economic […]