Opinion | Opting Out of the Summer EBT Program Worsens Food Insecurity
Duvalier Malone writes that Gov. Tate Reeves’ decision to opt out of the 2024 Summer EBT program will worsen food insecurity for Mississippi children.
Duvalier Malone writes that Gov. Tate Reeves’ decision to opt out of the 2024 Summer EBT program will worsen food insecurity for Mississippi children.
Rhea Williams-Bishop, director of Mississippi and New Orleans programs at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, believes that the richness of Mississippi’s soil should be passed down to every young person in the state, cultivating generations of healthy eaters.
When Mariam Ebeid arrived at the University of Mississippi Medical Center for her studies, she wondered what happened to food waste, considering how many patients, faculty and staff the institution feeds daily. “I figured there would probably be some excess food,” the Mississippi native says. She was right, and that led her to start a Food Recovery Network here in Mississippi to gather the leftover food and redistribute to those who need it.
Hope for wholesome meals made with fresh fruits and vegetables has come in the form of the Dole Sunshine for All program, which is bringing fresh produce, meals and education to communities that need it the most in an effort to address the global food-insecurity crisis. The program officially launched in Jackson in August.
“Fertile Ground” explores Mississippi’s agricultural industry and food inequality in Jackson, the latter of which is made clear in the documentary’s opening scene, which follows a man’s long journey to get to a quality grocery store.
When Washington Governor Jay Inslee closed schools statewide on Friday, March 13 until at least the end of April, he assured state residents that school
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