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News Articles: food access

Schools packing meals in Marietta

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  • Children's Health

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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By:
  • 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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  • Food

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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By:
  • 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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By:
  • 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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By:
  • 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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By:
  • 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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  • Food

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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By:
  • Ross Terrell ,
  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • and 1 more
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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By:
  • 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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  • Food

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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By:
  • 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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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
UGA student Lily Dabbs carries fresh produce from the farm to be washed.

Grant Brings Fresh Produce To UGA Student Pantry

Nearly half of college students on campus experience food insecurity, according to a recent study . It’s an issue University of Georgia students wanted...

May 24, 2019
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
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.

Georgia First In Nation To Tackle Senior Hunger Head On

Three to four days a week Ernestine Mims comes to the Senior Center in Twiggs County to eat lunch with her friends. On a recent afternoon, t he women s...

May 23, 2019
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By:
  • Josephine Bennett
Leah Penniman encourages a new generation of black farmers with her new book.

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  • Environment

'Farming While Black' Author Leah Penniman Ties Food Access To Racial Justice

In 1920, African American farmers owned 14% of all American farmland. Today, 45,000 black growers own just 2% of that land. The vast majority of them...

May 22, 2019
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By:
  • Leighton Rowell and
  • Virginia Prescott
A former Kroger on Savannah's south side. Grocery chains like Kroger and Food Lion have closed stores in Savannah in recent years.

Thousands Of Savannah Residents Live In Food Deserts

Thousands of Savannah residents don’t have easy access to fresh, nutritious foods. They live in food deserts, which are areas where people live more...

May 22, 2019
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By:
  • Emily Jones
About 1.8 million Georgians rely on monthly government SNAP benefits to keep food on the table.

Study: Georgia Food Assistance Recipients Will Be Hit Hard By USDA Proposal

A new study suggests Georgians would be hard hit by a proposed U.S. Department of Agriculture rule , which would cut Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...

May 21, 2019
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
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