88.5 NEPM Hunger Awareness Week
Learn more about hunger in western Mass. and support the March for the Food Bank.
Hunger affects many different people throughout western Mass. 88.5 NEPM’s Hunger Awareness Week explores stories about hunger in our region to better understand this crisis, the impact it has on our community, and what’s being done to combat it.
It all leads up to the 17th annual March for the Food Bank with The Fabulous 413's Monte Belmonte, Nov. 23-24. The trek is a two-day, 43-mile reminder of what we can achieve when we work together: Monte’s annual march has raised millions for the food bank over the years.
Support the March for the Food Bank and the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts at marchforthefoodbank.org.
88.5 NEPM Hunger Awareness Week coverage
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We chat with Stone Soup Cafe about their annual Harvest Supper, speak with the creatives behind Roomful of Teeth's "The Puerto Rico Experiment," and have a Live Music Session with Sable Island Pony. -
We check out Gardening the Community to see initiatives to increase access to social services for people in need, see how Hampshire Next is seeking to preserve some of the mission of Hampshire College ahead of its closure, and McGovern with Rep. Jim McGovern. -
We visit the Hilltown 6 pottery studios before their workshops and open house, take a tour of the Amherst Survival Center, and explore the difference between "wrack" and "rack" with the Word Nerd. -
another aspect of that Big Beautiful Bill is shifting the cost of SNAP onto states, if they can't keep their error rate below 6%. Massachusetts is hovering around 14%. And an under-resourced DTA is more likely to make mistakes. -
We talk to author and gerrymandering expert David Daley about recent Supreme Court decisions, find out about Rachel's Table's Outrun Hunger 5k run, and chat with Mr. Universe about UAPs. -
The 6th Annual Massachusetts Food Access Report finds that food insecurity has doubled since 2019 -
The so-called Bright Act, is a $3 billion bond bill aiming to put at least $2.5 billion of that back into campuses across Massachusetts. -
Today on The Rundown, we discuss rising need for food assistance, Rep. Jim McGovern's accusations that Veterans Administration chaplains are facing censorship and how a Berkshire community hopes to improve drinking water quality. -
We check in before the 22nd annual Hot Chocolate Run, see how Resilient Valley is strengthening western Mass. food ways and discuss facts of life with Mr. Universe. -
We wrap up the 16th annual March for the Food Bank with conversations from the first-ever Berkshires Mini March, words from Gov. Maura Healey and other ways to support the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts. -
We keep up with Monte Belmonte and marchers as the 16th annual March for the Food Bank continues on to Greenfield, Massachusetts. -
We follow Monte and the hundreds of other marchers as they walk from Springfield to Northampton on day 1 of the 16th annual March for the Food Bank.
