Topic: Food Insecurity
Mobile Farmers’ Markets
Chicago’s Urban Growers Collective grows fresh produce on a teaching farm and then brings it directly to citizens living in food deserts, a full-service program that goes beyond anything in Philly
By Jessica Blatt Press
The Hunger Disruptor
Melanie Cataldi, the next in our series of Philadelphians working to change the status quo, turned her masters thesis into the hunger- and poverty-fighting culinary school at Philabundance. The goal: Ending hunger for good
By Jonathan Deutsch
Funding Food Justice
The City and Reinvestment Fund’s Food Justice Initiative supports equitable access to healthy food. This month, they’re offering another $380,000 for community-driven solutions to historic food injustice
By Katherine Rapin
Khalil Steward
Steward's Farmacy is a game-changing food delivery service offering fresh produce grown by local Black and brown farmers to Philadelphians at affordable prices
By Courtney DuChene
Breaking Barriers to Black Health
Get Fresh Daily founder and recent Well City Challenge winner Jiana Murdic is making healthy food accessible to her community—with a special focus on Black moms like her
By Maddy Sweitzer-Lamme
Solve “The Lost Mile” for Hungry Philadelphians
Share Food has fed more than 1 million people a month since last March. That, says its executive director, has required some creative pivoting.
By George Matysik
The People’s Kitchen
Local chefs are serving food to those in need, while fueling awareness and action around social justice
By Courtney DuChene
Gathering with Dignity
Along with delicious food, a new pop-up food hall at Temple offers an innovative, stigma-free solution to campus hunger
By Maddy Sweitzer-Lamme
Answering the—many—calls
South Philly’s SEAMAAC has fed thousands of people since March, while continuing to push the vote and the census—missions more aligned than you might think
By Jessica Blatt Press
“Roll Up Your Sleeves and Get To Work”
An update on professor and activist Stephanie Sena, who is still working to uplift Philadelphians in need of food, shelter and dignity
By Isabel Mehta