Building a Healthier Community Through Food Security.
Formally known as the Southeastern MA Food Security Network, the Marion Institute Southcoast Food Policy Council’s mission is to connect, convene, and advocate for local food producers, consumers, and community leaders who seek policy and systems that strengthen our regional food system, improve community health, and eliminate food insecurity.
Wareham Week – March 15, 2021 – Free meals for kids at the Gleason Family YMCA, Brandy Hill Apartments
Children under the age of 18 from the Tri-Town are eligible to receive ready-made boxed meals at the YMCA and Brandy Hill Apartments. The program, launched by the Marion Institute in collaboration with the Shah Family Foundation and the Greater Boston YMCA, offers boxed meals to-go at the two locations on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Marion Institute to oversee food distribution program
The Marion Institute's Southcoast Food Policy Council has collaborated with the Shah Family Foundation and the Greater Boston YMCA to expand a local free meal distribution program designed to combat childhood food insecurity in Wareham, the Tri-Town and surrounding communities. Click to read more.
Oysters from SouthCoast growers help food banks in New Bedford and Fall River
The Marion Institute's Southcoast Food Policy Council made connections that facilitated this beneficial partnership to provide oysters to food pantries on the South Coast. Oysters are an abundant, and highly nutritious, source of food that has previously not been offered regularly at local food pantries.
Edible South Shore & South Coast – Autumn 2020 – Marion Institute: Feeding the Community
Getting good food to those in need is a constant challenge in the local food movement. Enter COVID-19 and those hurdles have multiplied. Click to read how the Marion Institute established an inroad to communities in need of a meal and restaurants in need of eaters.
Meet the NonProfits – Facebook Live with SouthCoast Almanac
SouthCoast Almanac talks with Liz Wiley from the Marion Institute and Rachel Stronach from the Lloyd Center about everything from ceviche to how to get a whole bus of school kids to instantly go silent! Click to Meet the NonProfits!
EdibleCommunities.com, August 2020 – Marion Institute and Local Restaurants Team Up to Bring Healthy Meals to At-Risk Populations in Massachusetts
A "Beyond the Plate Local Food Hero Story" featuring The Marion Institute's Southcoast Food Policy Council Cooks for Community program.
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