By R. Hans Miller Source: Columbia Basin Herald Safeway announced on Jan. 6 it is accepting online Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits in addition to several other measures meant to fight food insecurity under its newly-dubbed Nourish Everyone Campaign. “Food insecurity is a problem this nation can and should solve. [...]
By Errol Schweizer Source: Forbes Mass market grocery has a curious relationship with food access. On the one hand, grocers are among the largest donors to food aid organizations and help make SNAP benefits possible for millions. On the other hand, food insecurity, driven by low wages and precarity, is growing [...]
By Hamilton Nolan Source: In These Times An alarming new survey of thousands of grocery workers across three western U.S. states reveals that they suffer from shockingly high rates of poverty. More than three-quarters of the workers meet the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s definition of “food insecure,” and 14% say [...]