Page 30 - Meal Gap News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Pandemic worsens food insecurity for Latinx population By: Elizabeth Ruiz and last updated 2020-12-13 15:12:27-05 DENVER, Colo. — The mission of the nonprofit GrowHaus is to create community-driven food systems by serving as a hub for food production, distribution and education. Karla Olivas is a promotora, which is a community health worker that is active within Latinx populations across the U.S. “We educate persons about healthy food and about making medicine out of plants or herbs,” Olivas said. During the pandemic, GrowHaus has been delivering boxes of food ...

 December 10, 2020 (UNDATED) – The Brave Heart Foundation has awarded Hoosiers Feeding the Hungry a grant in the amount of $5,000. These funds will help to pay processing fees on donated livestock and deer with the meat being given to hunger relief agencies serving food-insecure residents Indiana. According to Feeding America’s Map the Meal Gap, there are 887,070 Indiana residents who regularly struggle with food insecurity – 273,380 of which are children. More than ever, families are struggling to buy groceries. Food banks, pantries, and soup kitchens work to protect th...

Help from food banks. staggering numbers just released reveal more and more middle class families are going for aid for the first time ever. look at these numbers. 16.6% of americans can't afford enough food to meet basic needs. that's 50 million americans dealing with the so-called meal gap. joining me life, dr. varma from nyu medical center. always good to see you. what do you make of these numbers? first of all, your overall reaction? >> i think they're extremely high, the highest i've ever heard. dealing with the food gap is something i've come across throughout the years, first as a medic...