Food

According to estimates from Feeding America, about 1 in 10 Connecticut residents struggle to afford food. The state’s food pantries aren’t surprised.

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) announced $400,000 in federal funding for a food nonprofit in Willimantic on Thursday. The co-operative kitchen needs the money for infrastructure upgrades to help dozens of eastern Connecticut’s microbusinesses and farmers.

A Bridgeport, Connecticut neighborhood group has been commended for providing fresh vegetables year-round to about 8,000 residents in an area of the city that is considered a healthy food desert.

The Food Labeling Modernization Act would force manufacturers to label the front of food packages, update ingredient lists and apply new guidelines for the use of deceptive terms like “healthy” to foods.

U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) led a roundtable in New Haven on Thursday with members of the Biden administration that focused on increasing access to healthy foods in the city.

Over $194,000 in federal funding will go towards New Haven’s LEAP and CitySeed programs to make locally grown food more accessible to residents.

Climate change is causing anxiety in young people around the world. In New England, youth activists respond with collective action around food sustainability.

As capacity shortages in slaughterhouses complicate business for livestock farmers, two specialty sausage makers are starting their own animal processing facility.

The sites weren’t getting the traffic that they had during the height of the pandemic.

The federal government advises people to wear masks, maybe gloves, when they go to the grocery store. The extraordinary measures make some people worry…