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News Articles: food access

Mayor Andre Dickens and Councilmember Liliana Bahktiari speak about fresh food access following an Invest Atlanta board meeting on October 17, 2024.

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Invest Atlanta partners with city officials to improve fresh food access

A new plan with funding from Invest Atlanta will put 2.5 million dollars towards five new grocery locations in low income areas of Atlanta. 

October 18, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
A pilot program that will supply Buford Highway-area families with weekly groceries opened on Dec. 7, thanks to the non-profit We Love Buford Highway. 

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Little Bodega opens to feed Buford Highway families

A pilot program that will supply Buford Highway-area families with weekly groceries opened on Dec. 7, thanks to the non-profit We Love Buford Highway. 

December 15, 2023
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  • Logan Ritchie
Bagged lunches await stapling before being distributed to students at Jefferson county's Tri-Plex Campus involving the students from the Jefferson County Elementary School, the Jefferson County Upper Elementary School and the Jefferson County Junior High School, March 3, 2021 in Fayette, Miss. 

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'Lunch debt' in Georgia returns after the end of free lunch for all

Federal funding helped schools provide free lunch to all students regardless of income for most of the pandemic, but now that Congress has let that funding expire, students once again have to apply for free or reduced price lunch. That change has some worried about whether kids in Georgia schools are getting enough to eat, or whether schools will once again start putting families in debt over their daily school meals. GPB's Peter Biello spoke about this with Alessandra Ferrara-Miller, founder of All For Lunch, a nonprofit dedicated to wiping out lunch debt.

August 23, 2022
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  • Peter Biello
Farmer at the WIC market in Macon

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Farmers markets for WIC participants are back this summer, for a limited time only

Participating health departments across most of Georgia are hosting farmers markets where WIC vouchers are accepted. The markets started in May and run through September. 

June 10, 2022
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  • Sofi Gratas
A cyclist pauses outside the site of the supermarket shooting in Buffalo, N.Y. With the Tops store closed for the foreseeable future, the community around it has been left without easy access to healthy and affordable food.

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The Buffalo shooting is a reminder that millions don't live near a grocery store

Grocery stores provide healthy foods, create jobs and offer a place for community connection. "We started calling them front-line and essential workers for a reason," says one food access advocate.

May 25, 2022
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  • Laurel Wamsley
Schools packing meals in Marietta

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Student Feeding Programs Ramp Up As Another Pandemic Summer Nears

As the final days of the school year wrap up, the summer brings along more challenges in tackling food insecurity faced by hundreds of thousands of Georgia children and teens. 

May 18, 2021
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  • Stanley Dunlap
One of the Atlanta Community Kitchen Project's partners, Bold Catering & Design, as they prepare and package meals to be donated and distributed.

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Atlanta Community Kitchen Project Cooks Up Solutions Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic has amplified already existing issues of food insecurity. Meanwhile, many large corporations aren’t open, or aren’t operating at full capacity, and their kitchens are going underused. That’s why two Atlanta nonprofits have teamed up for the “Atlanta Community Kitchen Project,” coordinating with companies to fire up those underutilized ovens and cook up meals to donate.  

July 16, 2020
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  • Emilia Brock and
  • Virginia Prescott
Marsha Buford points out the former site of a neighborhood grocery in West Savannah. Today, the closest grocery stores are more than two and a half miles away.

How Savannah City Planners Hope To Attract Grocery Stores

Food deserts, or areas where there’s nowhere to buy fresh, healthy food, don’t just happen on their own. Everything from city codes to discriminatory...

April 24, 2020
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  • Emily Jones
Children eat at the Reconstructing Youth Foundation in Tyrone, Georgia.

Georgia Loses Food Sponsors Amid Growing Summer Hunger Gap

Many kids look forward to seeing their friends, learning new skills and playing sports when the school year starts back up. However, some children might...

July 23, 2019
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  • Kristen Rogers
Families and metro Atlanta residents shop at Malachi's Storehouse in Dunwoody.

Atlanta Residents Look For Transportation Solutions Out Of Food Deserts

Bobby Akins lives on Auburn Avenue in downtown Atlanta. He lives in a high rise and has a fixed income, but finds himself in a food desert. That's an...

June 06, 2019
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  • Ross Terrell
A volunteer at Malachi's Storehouse arranges produce for the 150 people who visit each Wednesday to get groceries.

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GPB's 'Full Plates' Series Wraps With Solutions On Food Deserts In Atlanta

This month, GPB launched its "Full Plates" series, looking at hunger in Georgia. One in six Georgians is food insecure, meaning they don't always know...

May 31, 2019
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  • Ross Terrell ,
  • Virginia Prescott ,
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The Farm Bus is parked in a church parking lot that's along a bus line, meaning a lot of foot traffic from people who could purchase food.

Savannah And Rome Use Zoning Laws And A Bus To Improve Food Access

Access to fresh, healthy food is not a given in Georgia. The U.S. Department of Agriculture tracks areas here that are low-income and have limited...

May 29, 2019
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  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Stephen Fowler ,
  • and 2 more
FoodFinder, an app and website created by Duluth native Jack Griffin, connects people who are food insecure to food assistance nationwide.

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  • Food

Duluth Native's App Helps 75,000 Americans – And Counting – Access Food Assistance

According to the Georgia Food Bank Association, one in six Georgians is food insecure, meaning they don't know how or where they'll get their next meal....

May 28, 2019
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By:
  • Leighton Rowell and
  • Virginia Prescott
Betty Rouse, top left, and Ida McClinton talk while sharing lunch at the Twiggs County Senior Center in Jeffersonville. Studies show that eating together is better for seniors since they tend to eat more in each other's company.

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GPB Series 'Full Plates' Explores Food Access In Georgia — Including Plan For Senior Hunger

Food insecurity is a pressing issue nationwide — particularly in Georgia, where one out of every four children live in food insecure households. It's a...

May 28, 2019
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  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Josephine Bennett ,
  • and 1 more
The Davies Shelter Farm Bus sells fresh vegetables grown from a backyard farm in places around Rome that do not have easy access to fresh food.

A Farm, A Bus And A Fight Against Hunger In Rome

In Rome, a men’s homeless shelter has been cultivating a backyard farm with a variety of veggies to feed its residents. The shelter has been so...

May 26, 2019
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  • Stephen Fowler
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