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New London, Minnesota, has grocery store in town for first time in 15 years
NEW LONDON — For the past 15 years, New London has been without a grocery store. Residents have had to drive to neighboring communities, sometimes as far as 30 minutes away, just to get fresh groceries. “Keeping people in New London and the surrounding community is really important. To do that we need to get…
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Food, food and more food: 24th annual Ogeechee Seafood Festival in full swing
RICHMOND HILL, Ga (WSAV)- It’s the 24th annual Ogeechee Seafood Festival, a Richmond Hill classic, attracting hundreds of people this weekend. WSAV spoke with Summer Beal, CEO of Richmond Hill-Bryan County Chamber of Commerce, to find out the hot topics. “We’ve got a food pavilion full of foods,” Beal said. “Seafood, Kona Ice, we’ve got…
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Man fatally shot during armed robbery near SW Atlanta food mart, cops say
The 34-year-old victim was shot around 10:30 p.m. at the Cleveland Avenue food mart in the Glenrose Heights neighborhood. The area is located just east of I-75 and a short distance from the Brown’s Mill Golf Course. Officers found the man with a gunshot wound, and he died at the scene, police said. He was…
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Cambridge Community Foundation makes more than $1 million in grants to address food insecurity
At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Cambridge Community Foundation received emails from people desperate for help to pay for food, rent and other household bills. “We would get, literally, sometimes two-word emails, ‘no food,’ [or] ‘cannot pay rent,’” recalled Geeta Pradhan, the foundation’s president. The experience led the nonprofit to develop a five…
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King Charles to celebrate birthday by launching programme to tackle food waste
Stay ahead of the trend in fashion and beyond with our free weekly Lifestyle Edit newsletter Stay ahead of the trend in fashion and beyond with our free weekly Lifestyle Edit newsletter King Charles will celebrate his 75th birthday by kicking off a new initiative aimed at tackling food waste. The monarch is concerned about…
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Gov. Hochul Highlights Work of the Council on Hunger and Food Policy
“While we have emerged from the immediate crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic, its effects are lasting, including the need for our families, schools, and communities to access enough fresh, local foods,” Governor Hochul said. “Through New York’s Council on Hunger and Food Policy and other innovative programs aimed at alleviating food insecurity stress and streamlining our food…
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Update on allergy prevention and food introduction
Interview highlights Interview transcript (edited for clarity): Scott Sicherer, MD, FAAP: Hi I’m Scott Sicherer, and I’m the director of the Jaffe Food Allergy Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. Contemporary Pediatrics: Can you explain the update you provided at AAP 2023, regarding food introduction and allergy prevention?…
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Verona Fights Hunger Delivers For Food Pantries
Yesterday marked the tenth anniversary of Verona Fights Hunger Week, the town-wide food drive created by the Junior Women’s Club of Verona to benefit food pantries. This year’s drive collected more than 1,695 bags of food and more than $9,000 in donations. The items collected were delivered to the Food Pantry at the Episcopal Church…
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Mid-Ohio Food Collective hosts Bibb’s Boo Bash to help families
Food insecurity impact families across Ohio. To help families in need, the Mid-Ohio Food Collective is working to end hunger across our region. They hosted Bibb’s Boo Bash, a family friendly Halloween-themed event on Sunday morning for families to learn more about their mission to feed those in need. While families were able to go…
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From fair to food truck: Vendors prepare State Fair menu for main course
From giant turkey legs, to brisket waffle bites and gored out pineapples for smoothies, vendors at the North Carolina State Fair pulled out all the stops to fill the stomachs of North Carolinians. The fair is on its last day Sunday, but there some local food trucks will be serving up some fair cooking going…
