Salem Food for All

[Speaker Ron Mariano @RonMariano]

As students in Quincy and across the Commonwealth head back to school this week, I’m incredibly proud of the work done in the House to provide free school meals to all students attending public schools in Massachusetts for the upcoming school year.

[Project Bread @projectbread]

Yesterday, the MA Senate released its FY23 budget proposal, a plan that includes key investments to address food insecurity. Project Bread applauds the Senate’s decision to include these programs which are vital as food insecurity continues to rise in our state...(1/2) #mapoli

[Project Bread @projectbread]

DYK, SNAP is our nation's most effective anti-hunger program? For every 1 meal 🍽️ a food bank provides, SNAP provides 9 🍽️. #SNAPstrengths

Call our FoodSource Hotline at 1-800-645-8333 or visit https://t.co/0jdsjG5AFo for food assistance. #StartWithSNAP

[Project Bread @projectbread]

Kids across MA are at risk of losing access to the nutrition they need to grow & thrive at school. Take action today & urge Members of Congress to sign-on to H.R. 6613, Keeping School Meals Flexible Act, so schools can continue providing healthy meals. https://t.co/6ryWlCOv3O

[Mindy Domb @MindyForMA]

What does it mean when people say SNAP/food stamps have economic benefits beyond getting food to our hungry residents? This is one example 👇🏽

HT @projectbread for the graphic.

[Mayors Innovation Project @MayorInnovation]

So proud of our Healthy Babies Initiative. Here's a great example of what Cities can do when they collaborate w/passionate residents. Check out how @MayorDriscoll & City in #SalemMA are helping to protect babies from neurotoxic exposure. https://t.co/72UFdiZTJV

[FoodCorps @FoodCorps]

Study finds that students who participated in gardening, nutrition and cooking classes ate, on average, a half serving more vegetables per day than they did before the program. https://t.co/kJtu224tsG

[Sen. Joan B. Lovely @SenJoanLovely]

Fantastic to tour Moraine Farm in #Beverly w/@PaulTuckerSalem & @SalemSchoolsk12 Director of Food & Nutrition Services Deb Jeffers during #FarmtoSchool month. TY @NewEntry & @MAfarmtoschool for supporting this program that helps local farms & provide nutritious foods to students.

[Project Bread @projectbread]

We're thrilled that yesterday, An Act to Promote Student Nutrition was reported out favorably by the Joint Committee on Education! 🎉🎉 This bill would ensure more students have access to school meals without fear of shame or stigma. Read below 👇 to learn more about this bill.

[Food is Medicine Massachusetts @FoodisMedMA]

‘Our healthcare system has failed to adapt to the changing nature of illness.’

FIM interventions are an important step to addressing the root causes of disease to change the way in which we think about treating chronic illness #FoodisMedicineMA

https://t.co/dM9dVdCZjY

[Kim Driscoll @KimDriscollMA]

Congrats to Salem's Chez Casa for making this list! :-) Best new restaurants in Boston and suburbs https://t.co/fP86b9dHfF via @BostonGlobe

[The New York Times @nytimes]

While you might think you’re not eating much sugar, chances are you’re eating a lot more than you realize. Our 7-day sugar challenge will show you strategies to cut back.

[Salem Food for All @FoodSalem]

Make fighting food waste your 2020 resolution!
Roundup: Your Tips To Fight Food Waste https://t.co/iUzaLEp0wu

[City of Salem MA @CityofSalemMA]

#SalemMA for All Ages and AARP holding Home Fit seminar: January 8, 10 a.m., Mayor Jean Levesque Community Life Center, 401 Bridge Street, Salem.
https://t.co/4RzOel4Ed8

[Food is Medicine Massachusetts @FoodisMedMA]

Hospital-based #FoodPharmacies are on the rise- we're excited about the Massachusetts-based initiatives in @The_BMC & @MGHMedicine at #Revere!

Check out the @KHNews piece about @NashGenHospital's pantry that started initially to help cancer patients!

https://t.co/7ztOwhxaEd

[Dominick Pangallo @dspangallo]

Just in time for holiday season...move to cut hundreds of thousands of Americans off of essential food assistance. This is just the 1st of a series of moves that will gut the service for millions more, including free/reduced school lunch for American children in need. Shameful.

[BostonPublicSchools @BostonSchools]

We’re so excited that on 11/21, the House unanimously passed the #BreakfastAfterTheBell legislation! This bill will require public schools to expand the window for school breakfast, increasing access to food and decreasing food insecurity! #RiseandShineMA #PoweredByBreakfast

[Tradeoffs @tradeoffspod]

🥘💊NEW EP 🥘💊

There’s a growing movement to prescribe meals as part of medical care. But is there enough evidence to convince insurance companies to foot the bill?

Listen: https://t.co/hlQPtgJlhg

[Kim Driscoll @KimDriscollMA]

300+ breakfasts served each morning at @WHES_Salem! Today, we celebrated our efforts to ensure that ALL @SalemSchoolsk12 kids enjoy FREE breakfast+lunch each school day. Great partnerships w/ @projectbread+@BCBSMA, along w/our food services+school staff, help make this possible.