via The Jewish Daily Forward
Food Stamp Cut Fears Grow
Daniel Sayani chose to live on the average food stamp benefit of $31.50 for a week, joining activists around the country as part of the Jewish Community Food Stamp Challenge.
Topic: Food
via Our Town Downtown
Mission Takes on New Urgency
The New York City Rescue Mission, which lost power during Sandy, quickly bounced back to help serve the hungry and homeless in Lower Manhattan.
Holiday Help In Brooklyn
Volunteers handed out holiday meal staples as Red Hook residents, still staggered by Sandy, prepared to celebrate Thanksgiving.
Yankees Talk Turkey to Fans
ON DECK: Thousands waited for hours in the cold outside Yankee Stadium for a shot at a $25 Thanksgiving food voucher.
Food Trucks Deliver Relief
Food trucks are bringing free meals to Red Hook residents still reeling from Hurricane Sandy.
via City Limits
Food for Thought in Bushwick
Food is emerging as a unifying force in the fast-changing Brooklyn neighborhood.
via Mott Haven Herald
Food Pantries Strained by Cuts
The food pantry at St. Peter in the Bronx Lutheran Church is one of many in the neighborhood struggling to serve the community’s hungry amid state and federal budget reductions.
via City Limits
Farmers Markets Reap Fall Bounty
Autumn in New York brings a harvest to the city's farmers markets, whose ranks have grown to 138 from 80 since 2006.