via Our Town Downtown
Vegetarian Meals for the Hungry
Food For Life serves meatless fare at Avenue A and E. 7th Street every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning. Demand is rising amid food stamp cuts.
Topic: Food
via NBC News
Tell us What #PovertyIs
Our reporters are teaming with NBC News for a crowdsourcing project on what poverty means to people. Join by using the #PovertyIs hashtag on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube.
Holiday Hunger Challenges Grow
The Bed Stuy Campaign Against Hunger is struggling to meet the demand for food as new clients pour in.
AudioFiles: Pastures of Plenty
Woody Guthrie's 1941 ballad sets the stage for our podcast, which looks at struggles amid times of abundance.
Hunger Grows in a SNAP
Food stamp cuts are sending more New Yorkers to pantries and soup kitchens, advocates for the needy say.
via Crain's New York Business
Ferrying Food From the Farm
A Vermont farmer built a sailboat to bring food to New York. But will his effort become a sustainable business model for carbon-neutral food transportation?
via DNAInfo.com
McD’s Squeezes Ketchup Fans
Some Manhattan McDonald's are charging for extra ketchup.
via The New York Times
Strawberry Deals, Not Forever
A glut of strawberries grown in California and Florida is making for some sweet bargains on the streets of New York.