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Tagged: food security

What The World Eats: A week’s worth of groceries from 20 countries

What The World Eats: A week’s worth of groceries from 20 countries
May 02, 2013

I came across a fascinating collection of photos on Reddit today. Twenty photographs of families from all over the world posing with a week’s worth of groceries. Check out the photos in the collection and tell us what things seem most surprising to you.

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Portland Press Herald’s video on hunger in Maine is sobering. Please watch it.

Portland Press Herald’s video on hunger in Maine is sobering. Please watch it.
April 02, 2013

Gillian Graham’s article for the Portland Press Herald really captures the frustrating realities of the state’s food insecure and the agencies and individuals who are trying to help. I hope you’ll take a moment to hear Bob Nichols of the Saco Food Pantry explain his view from the trenches and perhaps you’ll feel compelled to thank a volunteer, volunteer yourself, or make a donation to the Good Shepherd Food Pantry to help our needy.

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Dragging to Help Others: get your drag on tonight to feed the needy in Hallowell!

Dragging to Help Others: get your drag on tonight to feed the needy in Hallowell!
March 01, 2013

Tonight, Bruce Mayo, owner of Easy Street and (in my opinion) Hallowell’s original “Maven of Mai Tais” is hosting a drag event tonight, with proceeds benefiting the Hallowell Food Bank. Girls sporting moustaches, boys wearing tutus, anything goes, as long as you bring some food to donate and some cash for the jars.

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Eat Local Foods Coalition of Maine’s January Calendar

Eat Local Foods Coalition of Maine’s January Calendar
January 08, 2013

Looking to put more Maine food on your table in this new year? Check out Maine’s chapter of the Eat Local Foods Coalition (ELFC). It’s a great resource for individuals, businesses and restaurants and agencies who recognize the economic, environmental, and health benefits associated with utilizing as many local food products as possible and supporting the industries that provide them.

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Can new england become food independent? this guy says yes.

Can new england become food independent? this guy says yes.
November 19, 2012

A small group of interested Central Maine residents braved the last week to hear Maine Farmland Trust Executive Director John Piotti speak about the future of farming in Maine at the Charles Bailey Public Library in Winthrop. In one hour, Piotti made a compelling case for Maine’s future as a food producing engine in the region.

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