food insecurity Archives - Bangor Daily News

Amid SNAP uncertainty, Maine food pantries saw demand spike

by Sean Scott, The Maine Monitor November 17, 2025November 17, 2025

The federal benefits freeze was the latest in a string of challenges that have stretched food assistance programs thin this year.

Opinion Contributor

I’m funding food aid because no one in Maine should go hungry

by Opinion Contributor November 8, 2025November 7, 2025

Letter: Resources available to find food assistance in Bangor

by Opinion Contributor November 7, 2025November 6, 2025

Opinion Contributor

SNAP funds must be restored so thousands of Mainers don’t go hungry

by Opinion Contributor October 24, 2025October 24, 2025

State

Mainers could lose 20M meals under Trump’s food assistance cuts

by Christopher Burns July 16, 2025July 16, 2025

Opinion Contributor

SNAP is one of the most powerful preventive health measures we have

by Opinion Contributor June 10, 2025June 10, 2025

A Maine initiative is helping schools buy local food after USDA program ends

by Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli April 18, 2025April 18, 2025

USDA to end local buying programs for Maine food banks and schools

by Nicole Ogrysko, Maine Public March 12, 2025March 12, 2025

Food insecurity jumps in Maine, according to national anti-hunger group

by Ari Snider, Maine Public December 20, 2024December 20, 2024

Opinion Contributor

Three famines: Gaza, Sudan, and Haiti

by Gwynne Dyer, Opinion columnist March 25, 2024March 25, 2024

A food cupboard will open in Orono to address rising hunger

by Valerie Royzman January 5, 2024January 5, 2024

Food insecurity

by George Danby September 9, 2023September 8, 2023

"Rural communities, American families and our environment depend on swift bipartisan action to pass a strong farm bill."

Opinion Contributor

The farm bill is about more than farmers

by Tribune Content Agency July 31, 2023July 30, 2023

The food aid program provides monthly funds — sometimes as little as $6 a day — to allow low-income Americans to buy groceries.

National Politics

Debt deal imposes new work requirements for food aid

by The Associated Press June 4, 2023June 4, 2023

Aroostook families may lose access to food pantry they’ve counted on for decades

by Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli May 14, 2023May 14, 2023

These organizations are fighting hunger in Waldo County

by Braeden Waddell April 30, 2023April 30, 2023

Opinion Contributor

Food insecurity is getting worse in Maine

by Opinion Contributor April 26, 2023April 26, 2023

Brandy Evanson rarely needed to visit food pantries. But with her SNAP benefits slashed from $900 to $120 a month, she has to go often.

Down East food pantries see demand spike after SNAP cuts

by Joyce Kryszak, The Maine Monitor April 17, 2023April 17, 2023

World

Global food prices in 2022 hit record high amid drought, war

by The Associated Press January 7, 2023January 7, 2023

News

Mainers without enough food jumped by more than 40 percent over the past year, report finds

by Robbie Feinberg, Maine Public December 30, 2022December 30, 2022