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The $10 Meal Challenge
For a lot of families, ten dollars a day isn't a fun kitchen experiment. It's the actual ceiling on what there is to spend. Here's what that number really buys, and what it takes to make it work. The idea of a Meal Challenge usually shows up as entertainment: a food...
What Funding Really Powers
When people picture our work, they usually picture a Green Bag, a food drive, or a table of volunteers sorting cans before a pantry picks the food up. That's the part everyone sees. What's harder to see is everything that has to happen before that food ever reaches...
September Is Hunger Action Month
Every September, communities across the country pause to recognize Hunger Action Month — a time to raise awareness, rally support, and take real action against food insecurity. It’s a fitting moment to look closely at the data, tell the truth about what’s happening in...
Food Insecurity Among Seniors
Robert has lived in the same house for forty years. He waters his garden every morning, waves to the mail carrier, and still drives himself to church on Sundays. By every outward measure, he’s doing just fine. What his neighbors don’t see is the choice he makes every...
The Ripple Effect
How One Bag of Groceries Changes a WeekIt starts with a grocery list. Someone in our community stands in the cereal aisle — the same one Maria stood in a few weeks ago — but this time, they're not doing math for themselves. They're picking up an extra box of pasta, a...
The Mercedes in the Parking Lot
A few weeks ago I was invited to meet with a group of prominent members of the community, both to network and to introduce the Georgetown Neighborhood Food Project. One attendee worked for a large company I was somewhat familiar with, but I learned that the company...
When Healthy Isn’t an Option
Jennifer stands in the cereal aisle, doing math in her head. The whole-grain option costs $2 more than the others. Even though she thinks it’s better for her family, when she multiplies that by the four other "healthier" swaps on her list, and she's suddenly $10 over...
What ‘Food Insecurity’ Actually Means
If you had to guess what food insecurity looks like, you might picture something dramatic — empty shelves, desperation, a crisis you'd spot from a mile away. Many people take that picture a bit farther, imagining racial or geographic factors that are often signs of...
Do College Students Really Need Help with Food?
A Common Misconception Recently, one of our Neighborhood Coordinators received a note from a longtime supporter of the Georgetown Neighborhood Food Project. The note raised a fair question, one we suspect many people have wondered but never asked out loud: If a...