food insecurity

Foodshare is still seeing about 1,500 cars cruise through its twice weekly Rentschler Field food distribution lines. And while that’s about half the number of families compared to the height of the pandemic, they want to one day shut down this operation completely. “Obviously lines of cars and putting boxes in cars is not the optimal way of solving hunger…

Foodshare continues to distribute food regularly at Rentschler Field, nearly a year after it first started the drive.

At the beginning of the pandemic, as grocery store shelved emptied of essentials, many people in the U.S. got a taste of a world where food isn’t easy to come by. But as climate change threatens the planet, experts say mass food shortages are a real danger. That’s why people like Elizabeth Medgyesy of California’s Sonoma County are turning to...

Hartford Food System’s mission is to fight hunger and improve nutrition in our community.

More than a year after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Hartford Public Schools Food Services and Child Nutrition workers are once again reinventing the way they feed their students. For the first time since last March, more than 2,500 students returned to in-person learning Monday, but still thousands of children continue to learn at home. Whether it’s in the…

Javier Albarran had worked in a hotel kitchen for more than 25 years when he lost his job last March due to the pandemic. Finding himself without insurance or the income he needed to get by, he said, “I didn’t know what to do.” When a friend asked him to take him to a food bank, Albarran overcame his embarrassment...

Foodshare’s drive-thru distribution at Rentschler Field in East Hartford was set up nearly a year ago to be a two week emergency food distribution. Nearly a year later, thousands of cars still line up every Tuesday and Thursday as Connecticut families wrestle with food insecurity Retired Newington teacher, Terri Buganski, has been at the site volunteering since the very...

A campaign tied to the Tuesday debut of Michelle Obama’s children’s food show is aiming to provide more than one million meals to food insecure communities

The emergency food distribution center at Rentschler Field began operations April 20 of last year. Now, nearly a year later, it continues to play a large role in the fight against food insecurity. Streaming through the Rentschler field parking lot, lines at this food distribution have sometime been long. But worth waiting in, for those in need. “I’d come here,…

A year into the pandemic, many families in Connecticut and across the nation are still facing a food insecurity crisis.

Retired Newington teacher, Terri Buganski, has been at Foodshare’s Drive-Thru distribution site volunteering since the very beginning last April.

Neighbors helping neighbors was the theme for a group of Windsor volunteers on Saturday morning. The food drive was hosted by the Live-Love-Give group, who prides itself on giving back to the community. The cold and dreary start didn’t seem to faze Sharon Rispoli or her group of neighbors, friends, and children. “There are so many people who are...

Neighbors helping neighbors was the theme for a group of Windsor volunteers on Saturday morning.

Putting a fresh meal on the table is top of mind for families in the state and one program is working to help ease that burden.

Neighborhood groups helped distribute soul food dinners in New Haven to help celebrate Black History Month and the love for the community shared by area families.

Organizing a meal train, or simply surprising a neighbor with a favorite dish, are just a couple of ways you can help those in need.

Nearly a year into the coronavirus pandemic and people across the state are still trying to find ways to feed their families. Different organizations are stepping up to offer assistance including St. Vincent de Paul. It was a busy morning for volunteers working to get food into cars right outside the Amazing Grace Food Pantry in Middletown. The community effort…

One federal program from the United States Department of Agriculture supports communities where this a great need for food assistance.

When Luisa Flores of Dallas, Texas, lost her father to COVID-19, it sparked a chain of events that drained her family’s savings and has left them reliant on food banks to eat. Her story is just one example of how the pandemic has devastated families and led to a spike in food insecurity across the country.

President Biden has directed the USDA to bolster the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. Luis Guardia, president of the Food Research and Action Center, joined LX News to explain why boosting SNAP is especially important to Black and Latino communities — which are disproportionately affected by hunger just as they are affected by COVID-19 at higher rates.

‘Honestly, I didn’t want to let my children down. And I was really scared because obviously I have five people to take care of. Honestly, I didn’t know what I was going to do.’