Today on our radio show, a community conversation about food insecurity in Boulder County – from food access and affordability, to reliability, quality, and quantity. If you missed it live, listen here.
Today on our radio show, the Community Foundation Boulder County hosted a timely community conversation about food insecurity in Boulder County.
In advance of Hunger Action Month (September), guests on KGNU‘s “A Public Affair” – including Karla Hale, Executive Director of Longmont Meals on Wheels; Michelle Orge, Executive Director of Community Food Share; and Ingrid Walsh, Founder and Executive Director of Real|Good – discussed what it means to be food insecure, who’s affected, and efforts underway to help address this growing community concern.
If you missed today’s show, you can still listen to it here.
Food insecurity is pervasive in Boulder County – but that may come as a surprise: homeless individuals and people on SNAP benefits, for example, comprise only a small portion of the population facing food insecurity. Increasingly, food insecurity also affects formerly middle-class friends and neighbors with jobs, homes and cars – in other words, people who are finding it increasingly difficult to meet their basic needs living in Boulder County.
In fact, 1 in 8 Boulder County residents is food insecure, which translates to 41,000 people; and 1 in 6 children, or about 10,000 Boulder County kids, are food insecure…plus a quickly growing number of our also-growing elderly population.
Listen and learn more from our guests about local food access and affordability, reliability, quality, and quantity…and what you can do to make a difference.
