[Hunger\Food Insecurity]
“Food is at the heart of survival during a pandemic like this one…GIS is precision agriculture, using precise location data in order to move the equipment around, for example, to test soil, and identify all those kinds of things.”
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How HBCU’s Could Help Ensure People Eat During Pandemic
NY ATTORNEY GENERAL: LET’S HELP HUNGRY VULNERABLE NEW YORKERS
[COVID-19\Hunger]
As the COVID-19 outbreak has spread across New York City, many of the city’s food pantries and soup kitchens have struggled to meet the growing demands for food assistance.
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NY CITY COUNCIL SPEAKER AND CUNY CHANCELLOR ANNOUNCE PLAN TO ADDRESS HUNGER AMONG CUNY STUDENTS
[Education\Student Hunger]
Council Speaker Corey Johnson: “College student hunger is a serious problem in New York City. CUNY students should be focused on learning and studying, not where their next meal is coming from.”
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CALIFORNIA CONGRESSWOMAN WATERS: TRUMP TAKES FOOD FROM POOR WHILE GIVING RICH TAX BREAKS
[Congress\White House\Food Assistance]
Rep. Waters: “Trump’s latest rule callously slashes $5.5 billion from the Food Stamp program…According to an Urban Institute report, Trump’s Food Stamp cuts will take benefits away from a total of 3.7 million people and cut benefits by a total of $4.2 billion per year…Trump’s heartless cuts to this critical anti-poverty program are in addition to his callous attempts to slash low-income housing. The Trump budget request cuts HUD funding by 18 percent.”
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