Get the latest updates on how Project Bread is working to end hunger in Massachusetts.
April 9, 2018
1 in 10 Massachusetts residents is hungry. You may not see hunger in your own neighborhood, but it is there. It is everywhere.
Filed under: News and Events, The Walk for Hunger
February 21, 2018
Introducing the first-ever edition of The Hunger Advocate, our new bi-weekly round-up of news articles about issues that affect hunger in Massachusetts and beyond.
Filed under: Informing Public Policy, Get Involved, Heart & Sole Circle, News and Events, The Walk for Hunger
December 29, 2017
Hunger can be an invisible problem in our society, but one place it never hides is in children. Children are more vulnerable to the impacts of hunger, which shows in their diminished short- and long-term health. A child living in a food-insecure home is 31% more likely to be hospitalized than a child who has adequate access to healthy food.
Filed under: Get the Facts, News and Events, Children and Schools
December 28, 2017
Project Bread Board Chair and Chief of Pediatrics at Mass General Hospital, Ronald Kleinman shares his thoughts on food insecurity, offering a thorough depiction of how low food security influences health outcomes of children in Massachusetts. His thoughts highlight the importance of our work. Donate now
Food insecurity is a solvable public health problem.
Filed under: Get the Facts, News and Events, Children and Schools
December 22, 2017
This week, Congress voted on a tax plan that could increase hunger in Massachusetts and throughout our nation — they have proposed paying for the approximately $1.5 trillion increase to the deficit by putting programs like SNAP on the chopping block.
Filed under: Informing Public Policy, News and Events
November 28, 2017
Hunger is preventable. And the Project Bread community is committed to ending hunger in Massachusetts. While we are proud of our work, we have much more to do. Today, please support Project Bread this #GivingTuesday.
Filed under: News and Events, Ways to Give
August 10, 2017
Organic produce is expensive. Local organic produce? Even pricier.
For those living on a fixed income, farmers markets, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) shares and the like are simply out of the question. A tomato sold at a farmers market, for example, carries a much higher price tag than that of its grocery store equivalent, putting it “back on the shelf” for many lower-income shoppers.
Filed under: Building Sustainable Food Systems, News and Events, Community Solutions
August 1, 2017
“All done over here!” exclaimed Kristina after the last bed of broccoli had been planted. The other volunteers looked up and smiled, wiping dirt from their hands as the hot July sun beat down on their backs.
Filed under: Get Involved, Volunteer, News and Events, Ways to Give
July 27, 2017
For the fourth consecutive summer, Project Bread partnered with Congressman Jim McGovern to host the "Summer Food Rocks Tour" throughout Central and Western Massachusetts on Friday, July 21. The tour highlighted the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) and how it fills the meal gap left when school lets out for the summer and students can no longer rely on school meals. The SFSP is a federally-funded program, administered in our state by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. It provides meals at no cost to kids 18 and under throughout the summer months.
Filed under: News and Events, Children and Schools
July 12, 2017
On June 1, 2017, Ellen Parker stepped down as CEO and Executive Director of Project Bread, a leading statewide anti-hunger organization committed to providing Massachusetts residents with reliable access to nutritious food.
Filed under: News and Events
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