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Posts Tagged ‘Food Insecurity’

Thinking Outside the Big Box to Address Food Deserts

By | December 15, 2021 | 0
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)

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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curiousKC | Shape Our Coverage About Food Access and Security

By | November 22, 2021 | 0
A woman shops in a farmer's market surround

What conversations are missing about food security, access and economy in Kansas City? Shape our coverage through curiousKC.

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The Giving Grove’s Little Orchards Cast Long Shadows

By | March 19, 2021 | 0
Rob Reiman, founder and CEO of The Giving Tree

The Giving Grove is empowering communities in Kansas City and several other cities to plant orchards to combat food insecurity.

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Food Prices Jump, Even As More Go Hungry

By | December 16, 2020 | 0

Food price are rising at rates not seen in nearly a decade, even more go hungry.

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Season of Giving: Kosher Food Pantry

By | December 26, 2019 | 0
Kosher Food Pantry items in jars

This charity goes to people in need, particularly rural residents.

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