Henry Bogdan, Public Policy Director of Maryland Nonprofits, offered a primer on exactly how the enhanced tax deduction works. The $30 that the bag of potatoes costs Walmart becomes the “basis value” of the item. If Walmart normally sells the bag of potatoes for $100, it means the company’s profit margin will be $70. Read […]
A recent report from USDA’s Economic Research Service (Household Food Security in the United States in 2018) revealed that the prevalence of food insecurity declined nationwide, for the first time, to the pre-recession (2007) level of 11.1%. In other words, over the last few years, more U.S. households are becoming food-secure – meaning they have […]
On Thursday, Maryland Matters will launch a ground-breaking, multi-part series on childhood hunger in Maryland. The series, “Empty Plates at Maryland’s Table,” will take a look at an array of institutional impediments to ensuring Maryland children have adequate access to food: from low wages, to archaic rules on who qualifies for food stamps, to limitations on who […]
A bounty of food. That is what you’ll get at most wedding receptions, banquets and gala dinners. Event planners and caterers tend to buy too many nibbles and cook more than needed, usually by as much as 20%, because the one thing they don’t want is to run out. That is a major no-no. That […]
Young farmers from around the state gathered together to pack 5,000 meals for families in need on the lower shore during an event at Maryland Farm Bureau’s 104th annual convention. The organization’s Young Farmers Committee spearheaded the donation effort as part of Farm Bureau’s Harvest for All program. The program has worked for the past […]
