Our community may be (relatively) affluent, but food insecurity remains a serious – and growing – problem. What are the trends? What are the causes? What’s being done to address it? And what more should we be doing – individually, collectively, locally, statewide and nationally?
In conjunction with 97.9 The Hill’s annual “Forum on the Hill,” Aaron Keck welcomed four nonprofit leaders into the studio for an extended discussion on food insecurity and hunger relief: Rachel Bearman of Meals on Wheels Orange County, Sofia Edelman of PORCH Chapel Hill, Kristin Lavergne of the Inter-Faith Council for Social Service, and Suzanne Tormollen of TABLE.
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On Air Today: Food Insecurity and Hunger Relief in Orange County, a Mini-ForumFood insecurity is a serious and growing problem in our community. Four nonprofit leaders discuss the issue - and what can be done about it.
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