Topic: Food Insecurity
Jason Kelce’s Eagles Education Season
This week, the Super Bowl-winning offensive lineman compares Philly schools to those of Green Bay—and celebrates a local education innovation
By Jason KelceA Needed Lyft
The ride share company is offering $2.50 trips for some Philly residents in food deserts to help with a major hurdle to healthy eating: getting to grocery stores
By Jessica Blatt PressViolent Areas Are Hungry Areas
Violence is often linked to hunger. That’s why we need more—not fewer—supermarkets in Philadelphia
By Charles D. EllisonDemocratizing Food
For the last decade, the Common Market has spread affordable access to locally-sourced nutrient-dense food to the city’s neediest. Now its mission is spreading nationwide
By Jill HarkinsEvan Ehlers
Two years ago, the Drexel student donated 50 uneaten dining hall meals to the homeless. Now he’s started a company to share college food excess citywide
By Patrick BilowJared Cannon
The chef/entrepreneur’s Simply Good Jars vending machines are combating food waste while promoting healthy eating and local sourcing
By Patrick BilowChallah for Hunger
A 13-year-old hunger-fighting group with 10,000 student volunteers turns it attention to a crisis in its midst: campus hunger
By Jamie Bogert