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PublishedJuly 26, 2022
UWTVA fights food insecurity in Greater Franklin County
Over 11% of people in Franklin County struggle with food insecurity, or reliable access to healthy food. United Way of the Tri-Valley Area has begun launching programs to close that hunger gap.
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PublishedJune 9, 2022
Program seeks to purchase local produce
The produce will be provided to local daycare facilities.
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PublishedJune 6, 2022
Photo: Addressing Maine’s emergency food needs
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PublishedApril 5, 2022
Southern Maine food pantries see growing need with rising food, energy and gas prices
Some pantries are seeing new faces each week and some people who had stopped coming have returned.
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PublishedMarch 30, 2022
Federal grant will help feed more Mainers in need
The $388K grant will make it possible for the Harrison Food Bank to expand its space and services.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2022
Women’s History Month/SMMS student Summit Woodcock ensuring students are fed
Summit Woodcock with assistance from teacher Denise Acritelli is working to create a food pantry at the middle school.
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PublishedNovember 11, 2021
Harrison bottle, Thanksgiving food drive Saturday
Returnable bottles pay for fuel to keep the food bank's delivery trucks on the road. Operations manager Sandy Swett reports that the most recent food allotment from the federal government's emergency food assistance did not include any canned vegetables.
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PublishedOctober 3, 2021
Maine food stamp recipients see first major benefits boost in four decades
The hope is that it will help bring stability to some of the many state residents experiencing food insecurity.
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PublishedJuly 12, 2021
World hunger was dramatically worse in pandemic year
A report issued jointly by five U.N. agencies said hunger outpaced population growth in 2020, with nearly 10% of all people estimated to be undernourished.
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PublishedMay 3, 2021
Biden quietly preparing for food stamp increase without Congress
A review of the so-called Thrifty Food Plan, ordered by Biden two days after he took office, could trigger an automatic increase in benefits as soon as Oct. 1.
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