{"id":33019,"date":"2019-03-22T12:31:35","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T16:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cumberland\/?page_id=33019"},"modified":"2020-04-14T16:21:07","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T20:21:07","slug":"learn-more-about-food-insecurity-in-maine","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cumberland\/maine-harvest-for-hunger\/learn-more-about-food-insecurity-in-maine\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn More About Food Insecurity in Maine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-33027 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cumberland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/03\/MHH-Food-Insecurity-Statistics-1024x264.png\" alt=\"MHH Food Insecurity Statistics\" width=\"1024\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cumberland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/03\/MHH-Food-Insecurity-Statistics-1024x264.png 1024w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cumberland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/03\/MHH-Food-Insecurity-Statistics-300x77.png 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cumberland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/03\/MHH-Food-Insecurity-Statistics-768x198.png 768w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cumberland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/03\/MHH-Food-Insecurity-Statistics-105x27.png 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cumberland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/03\/MHH-Food-Insecurity-Statistics-317x82.png 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cumberland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/03\/MHH-Food-Insecurity-Statistics-423x109.png 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cumberland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/03\/MHH-Food-Insecurity-Statistics-634x164.png 634w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cumberland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/03\/MHH-Food-Insecurity-Statistics-846x218.png 846w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cumberland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/03\/MHH-Food-Insecurity-Statistics-951x245.png 951w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cumberland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/03\/MHH-Food-Insecurity-Statistics-1268x327.png 1268w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cumberland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/03\/MHH-Food-Insecurity-Statistics.png 1322w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There\u2019s no good reason for people in Maine to go hungry. There\u2019s plenty of food. The problem has always been overcoming the economic and political obstacles that prevent food from reaching those who need it. Ending hunger means solving these more systemic problems while, at the same time, doing everything we can on a daily basis to feed hungry people&#8230;&#8221; &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsfb.org\/hunger-in-maine\/\">Good Shepard Food Bank of Maine<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;One-third of food-insecure Mainers reside in just two counties: Cumberland County is home to 20.1% and Penobscot County to 12.6%.&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsfb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Food-Pantry-Report-2-6-171.pdf\">Hunger Pains: Widespread Food Insecurity Threatens Maine&#8217;s future (PDF)<\/a>, research report by the Good Shepard Food Bank of Maine and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.preblestreet.org\/\">Preble Street<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-31162 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cumberland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2018\/10\/maine-harvest-for-hunger-sign-opt.jpg\" alt=\"Norm Steele Maine Harvest for Hunger Plot sign and buckets of freshly harvested produce at the UMaine Gardens at Tidewater Farm\" width=\"960\" height=\"638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cumberland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2018\/10\/maine-harvest-for-hunger-sign-opt.jpg 960w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cumberland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2018\/10\/maine-harvest-for-hunger-sign-opt-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cumberland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2018\/10\/maine-harvest-for-hunger-sign-opt-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cumberland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2018\/10\/maine-harvest-for-hunger-sign-opt-105x70.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cumberland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2018\/10\/maine-harvest-for-hunger-sign-opt-317x211.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cumberland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2018\/10\/maine-harvest-for-hunger-sign-opt-423x281.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cumberland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2018\/10\/maine-harvest-for-hunger-sign-opt-634x421.jpg 634w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cumberland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2018\/10\/maine-harvest-for-hunger-sign-opt-846x562.jpg 846w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cumberland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2018\/10\/maine-harvest-for-hunger-sign-opt-951x632.jpg 951w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,960px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;There\u2019s no good reason for people in Maine to go hungry. 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