food insecurity

A Connecticut nonprofit is finding innovative ways to help families deal with food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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...

New Haven community organizations along with the city partnered together to attack one of the city’s biggest issues, food insecurity. Volunteers began to assemble boxes filled with fresh vegetables, chicken, and other food items early on Tuesday. Teresa Thomas lives on a fixed income and for the last couple of months she has struggled to pay her bills while...

Many families in Connecticut are struggling with food insecurity and New Haven is working to help them during these tough times.

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...

In a matter of days, someone vandalized and burglarized New Britain Roots’ farmers market truck twice. Joey Listro is the executive director of the nonprofit and says in the three years the truck has been parked behind the New Britain Housing Authority building, it’s the first time this has happened. “One week ago we noticed we had some minor...

A 12-year-old in South Windsor is helping launch a program to establish community food pantries throughout the town.

As jobs vanish, incomes drop and food prices rise, more Americans are going to bed hungry — and advocates warn that without intervention from Congress, those numbers could rise to a level unseen in modern times, NBC News reports.

A free food distribution event in Waterbury drew a lot of interest because of the great need during this pandemic.

Nearly 450 families in New Haven were able to stock up on food Thursday with the help of several community groups. The pop-up food pantry at James Hillhouse High School was another way to fight ongoing food insecurity for so many in the city. Four months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the economy has started to reopen, but the impacts of…

The Connecticut Food Bank set up a drive-thru location in New Haven to help with the area’s fight against food insecurity

Summer Break is officially here, capping off an unprecedented school year. But while schools have been closed, food services teams have not stopped working. According to a 2020 survey, there are more than 117,000 children in Connecticut suffering from food insecurity. With so many families out of work because of the pandemic, those numbers are likely higher now. School districts…

With many families out of work because of the pandemic, school districts across the state are revamping their summer meal programs to make sure no child goes hungry

Two men with their sights set on helping those in need ran 260 miles, from Canada to Connecticut, to raise money for Foodshare. Cousins Tanner Kern and Jordan Tucker said the idea was born because they wanted to do something “epic” to help others. “Not just helping with the money, inspiring people to go out and do something to get…

Ted Koppy talks with the Director of Food and Child Nutrition Services for Hartford Public Schools about the transition from schools to home meals

A partnership between a school and community organizations is helping provide free food for New Haven families

There is a push by Gov. Ned Lamont to provide more support for families suffering from food insecurities. Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz, along with members from the state senate and departments of Agricultural and Social Services held a virtual town hall to brainstorm how they can help families suffering from food insecurities. “We have experienced an economic calamity and catastrophe,”…

With food insecurity at unprecedented levels across Connecticut, we are working with Foodshare and the CT Food Bank to help raise funds and increase volunteers

NBC CT and Telemundo Connecticut are proud to launch a virtual food drive, “Feeding Our Families,” in partnership with Comcast, to support Foodshare and the CT Food Bank during these times of high food insecurity in our state.

Neighbors are helping neighbors as part of a Hartford food drive Monday