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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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CSC and Student Food Rescue partner with BU Food Justice Wednesday evening to discuss food insecurity and poverty. PHOTO BY CAROLYN KOMATSOULIS/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Students discuss how food insecurity, homelessness intersect in Boston

Jamie Clark December 1, 2016

Boston University students discussed homelessness and food insecurity at a panel hosted by BU’s Student Food Rescue and Food Justice BU Wednesday night. The panel, “Where Food Insecurity and...

Students and faculty of Kennedy Longfellow Elementary School in Cambridge participate in the K-Lo market, a program started by the Food For Free organization which provides local families free nutritious foods. PHOTO COURTESY SASHA PURPURA

Food For Free fights poverty in new year

Yasmin Younis January 20, 2016

Food insecurity and poverty affect millions of families across the country, including members of the Greater Boston community. As of 2014, 15 percent of the population was in poverty, with children...

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