Food insecurity spurs aid, policy, preservation efforts

Food insecurity requires more than holiday meal drives: local organizations in western Colorado and Massachusetts encourage year-round support that helps people access food with dignity. Massachusetts nonprofit Project Bread connects residents to food assistance, SNAP enrollment help, and health-related grocery and kitchen resources, as food insecurity and reductions in SNAP enrollment intensify. In western Colorado, the Community Food Bank seeks volunteers, holiday pie donations, and other community contributions to sustain its services. In Nigeria, inadequate cold storage and other preservation systems contribute to extensive post-harvest losses, worsening hunger and raising costs for farmers and consumers; the article calls for investment in preservation alongside efforts to address insecurity affecting farmers. FRAC also recommends concise leave-behind materials to help advocates communicate food-policy priorities and recommendations to policymakers.