Southcoast Food Policy Council News
Moving Forward with the Southcoast Food Policy Council
July 19, 2021
The newest emergency food provider partnership on the Southcoast began in January 2021 with the Shah Foundation, Stock Pot Malden, and a committed group of community partners. In six months, we have delivered 285,952 catered breakfasts and lunches to children, 18 years and younger, in Wareham, New Bedford, and Fall River. Now, the Southcoast Food Policy Council is turning its attention to setting up the infrastructure of the Food Policy Council. As the Food Policy Council emerges, we will have several Working Groups.
A Call To Be A “Food Citizen”
July 19, 2021
We love food and it is an integral part of our lives. Food is part of an extensive system impacted by COVID, climate change, and other factors that have disrupted our fragile supply chain. We must simultaneously address strategies to improve health, education, grow economies, and concretize climate change solutions because the systems are interrelated. We think globally and critically in big systems, but we act locally.
Wareham Week – March 15, 2021 – Free meals for kids at the Gleason Family YMCA, Brandy Hill Apartments
March 17, 2021
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
February 23, 2021
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
February 23, 2021
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
October 13, 2020
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
October 13, 2020
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
August 20, 2020
A "Beyond the Plate Local Food Hero Story" featuring The Marion Institute's Southcoast Food Policy Council Cooks for Community program.