By Kendrick Brown
The environmental club 17 for Peace and Justice uses its student body membership to leverage the University of Maryland’s privilege and resources to benefit communities struggling with environmental issues such as food justice. Continue reading UMD’s 17 for Peace, Justice club creates discourse about food justice
By Navya Pandit
Maryland residents who cannot prove they are working 20 hours a week could lose their SNAP benefits by the end of this month, according to new state legislation. Continue reading New work requirements could deprive many of SNAP benefits
By Hannah Harris
The College Park Community Food Bank and the University of Maryland Campus Pantry saw an increase in need since the suspension of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits in early November following the government shutdown, according to employees. Continue reading College Park food banks provide relief after SNAP benefits suspension
By Alex Burke The University of Maryland’s College of Agricultural and Natural Resources (AGNR) hosted its sixth annual Cornerstone Event Tuesday at Stamp Student Union, focusing on how U.S. agricultural research can address global food challenges. This year’s keynote speaker, Ruben Echeverria, senior advisor for agricultural development at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and director general emeritus of the International Center for Tropical Agriculture, … Continue reading AGNR’s 2024 Cornerstone Event visualizes a future without hunger
By Hunter Hine Club leaders circled the room, spraying participants’ hands with sanitizer and handing out pink rubber gloves. Everyone took two slices of bread and passed peanut butter and jelly jars back and forth. By the end of the Monday night gathering, PB & Justice prepared 40 sandwiches for a local homeless shelter. A 2019 survey by the University of Maryland found that about … Continue reading PB & Justice club spotlights food insecurity with sandwich assembly line
by Courtney Cohn Food insecurity and childhood hunger in Prince George’s County continue to be exacerbated by COVID-19. Fortunately, students, families and staff are able to receive meals from their local schools, many of which have resorted to virtual learning amid the pandemic, and on campus at the University of Maryland. The university’s Campus Pantry is especially important in a time when many students are … Continue reading Amid COVID-19, UMD and PGCPS find ways to provide meals to students
by Adonijah Bourne The Audelia Community Response Team, a Prince George’s County based mutual aid group, gave back in a major way this holiday season –– providing meals to 55 local families in need. On the day prior to Thanksgiving, ACRT partnered with ADOBO and DJ Pedro Night to host an online fundraiser that successfully raised about $1,200 which allowed them to provide 55 families … Continue reading This local mutual aid group provided 55 Thanksgiving meals to families in need
By Ambriah Underwood University of Maryland student-led organizations and community members engaged in a collaborative relief effort on March 11 to package meals for those living without food security. Terps Against Hunger, a student organization fighting hunger in the Washington, D.C., metro area, and this university’s Senior Class Council hosted the four-hour event with about 600 volunteers to prepare meal packages that could feed up … Continue reading Terps Against Hunger partners with UMD Seniors for service event
By Julianne Heberlein The UMD Department of Transportation is hosting a food drive that will give students, faculty and visitors the opportunity to alleviate parking citations while benefitting the Campus Pantry. The drive, called “1 Can Make a Difference,” is being held from Dec. 1-15. The student who donates the most non-perishable and non-expired food items will have a DOTS parking citation fully waived. For … Continue reading DOTS will reduce parking tickets in exchange for canned food donations
By Angela Roberts On Monday, Nov. 27, multicultural sorority Kappa Lambda Xi welcomed the directors of the Capital Area Food Bank and D.C. Hunger Solutions to share with students the daily challenges faced by individuals experiencing food insecurity. This discussion, although reflective of a widespread issue, was chillingly relevant to UMD. According to a study published by the university’s public health school earlier this semester, … Continue reading D.C. food bank directors talk food insecurity with Kappa Lambda Xi
