Entries Tagged as 'hunger'
A huge crowd showed up to support the local food pantry in Cambridge last night. In fact, the event was delayed at least 15 minutes while more chairs were brought into the hall behind the Presbyterian church to view a documentary about hunger in America called A Place at the Table. An estimated 49 million […]
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March 10th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
Walking my daughter to school each morning, I often looked wistfully at the huge expanse of yard next to Cardozo Senior High School and thought what a wonderfully productive garden it would make. All that space with a clear southern and western exposure. What a shame to pave it over with grass that no one […]
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Tags:community gardens·CSA·hunger·school gardens
July 29th, 2008 · 7 Comments · Uncategorized
Got an e-mail from a PR type today wanting me to post something about a debate over on the Economist magazine’s website, the proposition being: “There is an upside for humanity in the rise of food prices.” To which my initial response would have to be, YOU’RE BLEEPING KIDDING, RIGHT? Only a group of over-fed […]
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Tags:food news·hunger·press