Daily News | What is food insecurity? How Philly navigates hunger, food deserts, and access to good food
Brenda Washington can remember standing in a “surplus food” line back in the 1960s as a teen with her family. Now, as the director of community services for, she and her staff of volunteers serve nearly 300 North Philly residents nutritious food and produce each week.
“There are a lot of issues [surrounding food insecurity] and there’s no easy or quick answer,” said Washington. “We’ve been dealing with this for how long? When I was growing up I stood in line — we got surplus cheese, dry milk and food, it kept our family fed.”operations manager, sees an increased number of residents attending the organization’s weekly food pantry hours, from 200 people per week when launched in August 2020 to now serving around 600 people each week.
“Chinatown was fortunate. It’s more affordable than some big chain stores because of the small businesses here,” said Yang. “But with COVID-19 and inflation, even Chinatown is being affected — a lot of items that used to be pretty affordable are getting more expensive, staples in Asian cuisine like rice and tofu.”there’s enough food produced each year — around. However, almost one-third of that food goes to waste each year.
For the food that does reach local supermarkets and grocery stores in the U.S., the high quality foods and fresh produce can be too expensive or in stores too far away. And food that is readily available and affordable isn’t always healthy — which leads to chronic health issues down the road.
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