food insecurity

On Friday, July 12, the Mildred Avenue K-8 school in Mattapan hosted a launch event for the Boston Public Schools’ annual Summer EATS program, which helps to dismantle food insecurity across the city.

At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of residents in the state facing food insecurity shot up. Those numbers have yet to go down, according to a new report, released May 29, from the Greater Boston Food Bank.

In my kitchen, I have an art print by Lori Roberts of Little Truths Art Studio. Under the word “food,” there are six simple guidelines: “Buy it with thought. Cook it with care. Use less wheat and meat. Buy local foods. Serve just enough. Use What’s left.”

Many a teacher has had to plow through a student’s hunger fog to impress facts and figures on them. It’s almost an impossible job — and yet food insecurity is all too common in the United States.

As Bostonians bundle up and hunker down for the winter months, local food pantries are seeing an influx of need from families and individuals across the city.

My mother, a Sierra Leone native, worked hard to build a life in America, the land of opportunity, for myself and my three brothers. But the obstacles we faced to access nutrition in this country challenged us. With my own children, I hoped access to affordable healthy food would be better.

At some point in August 2020 while the COVID-19 pandemic was raging, Denise Lauers exhausted her savings and began looking for help feeding herself and her two sons.

Walsh Administration teams up with local partners to provide free meals for youth 18 and under at sites across the City of Boston throughout summer 2018.