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Hunger Action Westchester

The following articles make up a comprehensive series on hunger action in Westchester County developed in partnership with The Rivertowns Dispatch, examines a few of the people and organizations delivering solutions to fight hunger across Westchester.

Hunger Action Westchester – take a survey!

Please take a moment to offer your input in a reader poll about our recent series on hunger in Westchester. We will be sharing the results in our upcoming Nov. 7 issue.

Hunger action heroes tackle food insecurity

This article, part of a comprehensive series on hunger action in Westchester County developed in partnership with The Rivertowns Dispatch, examines a few of the people and organizations delivering solutions to fight hunger across Westchester.

Hurdles complicate delivering food to Westchester’s hungry

By MARTIN WILBUR — Millions of pounds of food are moved each year to feed the population in Westchester that has trouble affording fresh, nutritious food to put on their kitchen tables. But the process of acquiring, organizing, packaging and transporting that food...

‘Alarming’ rise seen in need for local food assistance

Rivertowns Dispatch Podcast host Timothy Reuter recently spoke with Feeding Westchester Chief Operating Officer Tami Wilson and PepsiCo Foundation President C.D. Glin for our joint series on hunger in Westchester.

The cost of hunger: Food insecurity by the numbers

This data visualization is part of a comprehensive series on hunger action in Westchester County, developed in partnership with The Rivertowns Dispatch.

Permanent solutions elusive in struggle to feed the hungry

This is the second article in a comprehensive series on hunger in Westchester County. Developed in partnership with The Rivertowns Dispatch, the series examines the rise in food insecurity and highlights the people and organizations delivering solutions to fight hunger. By MARTIN WILBUR Hunger in Westchester County could be considered so daunting that for some it might seem overwhelming to address. Dozens of pantries and other food agencies find a way to move millions of pounds of food to...

Amid affluence, food insecurity is growing concern

This is the first article in a comprehensive series on hunger action in Westchester County. Developed in partnership with The Rivertowns Dispatch, another Westchester independent community news outlet, the series will examine the rise in food insecurity and highlight the people and organizations delivering solutions to fight hunger. Over the next six weeks, our teams of reporters and designers will collaborate on producing in-depth news coverage of the issue in print, digital and audio...

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