Published 2 months ago

Aroostook County to join statewide network combating food insecurity

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Maine's Roadmap to End Hunger by 2030 says 11.4 percent of households are food insecure. 43 percent of food insecure households have incomes high enough to disqualify them from anti-hunger programs. Laura Bagley is leading efforts to start Aroostook County's first local food council.

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Aroostook County to join statewide network combating food insecurity

CARIBOU, Maine – When Laura Bagley started the Caribou Community Garden last summer, she wanted to not only promote gardening but also help provide food to the region’s more vulnerable populations. Now, Bagley is leading efforts to start Aroostook County’s first local food council, in conjunction with the Maine Network of Community Food Councils. Food insecurity is a crisis in Maine. According to Maine’s Roadmap to End Hunger by 2030, 11.4 perce…

2 months ago·Bangor, United States

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