Medill Newsmakers: Residents, organizations across Chicago join fight against hunger, food waste
By Raphael Hipos Medill Reports In 2020, 13.8 million households across the United States experienced food insecurity, which is defined as the inability to access quality food multiple times a day. A report by the Chicago Food Equity agenda shows that this phenomenon disproportionately affects members of the Black and Latino communities. This episode of […]
Food summit: Healthy food access must include eliminating waste
By Jordan Gaines As foodies and farmers alike gathered at the Chicago Food Tank Summit earlier this month at the University of Chicago’s Gleacher Center to discuss ways to maximize and sustain food, conversations of working with the food we already have continuously boiled down to two words: food waste. “It’s kind of a divisive […]
Foodie 5K runs up $1 million in groceries for hungry neighbors
By Sara Shouhayib Over 1,200 runners and walkers took their place at the starting line of the second annual Foodie 5K race on Saturday morning and raised $130,000 to fight hunger. That’s enough money to provide the equivalent of $1 million worth of groceries to feed hungry people in Northern Illinois. “We know that one […]
