Boston Weighs City-Owned Grocery Stores to Combat Food Insecurity - The Boston Globe

Boston weighs city-owned grocery stores to combat food insecurity - The Boston Globe

Supporters have pitched the idea as a way to lower food costs, given that the store wouldn’t have to factor rent or overhead costs into their prices.

Invest Atlanta unveils four-pillar plan to bring food access for all

At a Nov. 20 board meeting, Invest Atlanta laid out a four-part plan to bring all Atlantans within 0.5 miles of fresh and affordable food by 2030 — including a second Azalea Fresh Market location set to open that year. The city’s economic agency has worked on the food access plan since 2022. First, it had to assess the current grocery landscape. Mapping it out showed a lack of grocers on the south and west sides of the city. Mayor Andre Dickens …

After SNAP scare, food access advocates urge ongoing action

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Mayor Michelle Wu Celebrates Progress of Greater Boston Collaborative Food Access Hub amid National Snap Emergency – The Boston Sun

Special to the Sun Mayor Michelle Wu gathered with partners of the Greater Boston Collaborative Food Access Hub on Monday for a one-year progress update on the Hub’s operations as partners work to address food insecurity exacerbated by the federal government shutdown and delay in SNAP benefits. In its first year of operations, the Food Access Hub served an average of 20,000 individuals every month, distributing almost 62,000 pounds of produce, o…