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Lulu Livingston explains how the unhoused community survives, despite having to constantly move around the city.

curiousKC | Your Questions On Homelessness Are Up For A Vote

What questions about homelessness should our journalists report on next? You decide.

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Nourish KC met the increased demand and handed out 130,000 meals this year, 43,000 more meals than in 2019.

curiousKC Resource Guide | Finding Food in Kansas City and How to Get Involved

In 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture found that 6.7% of all Americans used a food pantry at some point to help fill the gaps when feeding their households. Food pantries and kitchens are vital to those who don’t qualify for federal food assistance programs, can’t stretch their benefits through the month, or just need…

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A view of power lines against a pink sunset illustrates a story about how the climate changes affect utility costs and burdens. Flatland reporters Vicky Diaz-Camacho and Catherine Hoffman will report on this issue for the next Flatland Show episode, entitled "The Cost of Utilities in Kansas City."

curiousKC | Help Inform Our Coverage of the Climate and Utility Bill Crisis

Flatland will report on the climate and utility cost issue for the next Flatland Show episode. What questions do you want our team to investigate?

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Food Fight: How Kansas City Struggles to Feed Its Families

According to Feeding America, one in eight people in the United States face food insecurity. Of those who are food insecure, only 50% are eligible for SNAP benefits. The result is a food chain stretched to the breaking point, families going hungry, people losing hope and a charitable sector struggling to help.

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The Juniper Gardens Training Farm in Kansas City, Kansas, helps refugee farmers navigate their first year of growing and selling produce at local farmers markets, a CSA program and a wholesaling operation that caters to restaurants. In the field is Gasalla Musekura, formerly of Congo. (Photo by Jeff Tuttle)

Thinking Outside the Big Box to Address Food Deserts

The solution to food deserts doesn’t appear to lie in wooing large retailers to fill voids so much as listening to the needs of the underserved and trying multiple approaches to get healthy foods in the hands of residents.

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