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Category: News

I’m a meal prep PRO – here’s how to slash your food costs by HALF

Posted on July 5, 2022 by Nick Reiter
Homemade Keto Chicken Meal Prep with Veggies in a Container

Mr Brown, a 24-year-old student at Edinburgh Napier University, has been meal prepping for years and says it’s “one of the healthiest ways to budget”. In fact, prepping your meals […]

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Southern Maryland Sierra Club Partners with Rotary Club of Lexington Park to Fight Food Insecurity

Posted on July 5, 2022 by Nick Reiter
Food Insecurity Concept: Closeup of a woman looking in an empty pantry. Seen from behind there is only one box of food. Horizontal format.

Southern Maryland Sierra Club and the Rotary Club of Lexington Park are proud to announce a partnership to help address issues of food insecurity in St. Mary’s County. Since 2020, […]

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Food Insecurity Becoming a National Health Problem That Physicians Can Help

Posted on July 5, 2022 by Nick Reiter
An apple on a dry and cracked desert soil. Food insecurity, water supply shortage, hunger, drought, climate change and desertification concept.

The organization has published a new position paper outlining six recommendations to tackle food insecurity that leads to nutrition insecurity, which in turn affects diet-related conditions such as diabetes, obesity, […]

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Food Stamps: What Is the Most Money You Can Make To Qualify?

Posted on July 5, 2022 (July 5, 2022) by Nick Reiter
SNAP and EBT Accepted here sign. SNAP and Food Stamps provide nutrition benefits to supplement the budgets of disadvantaged families.

In 2019, 35.7 million people relied on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to eat, according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation, but enrollment had been steadily declining since 2013. […]

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Montgomery County Scraps Proposed Lunch Debt Policy That Would Provide Students With ‘Alternate’ Meals

Posted on July 5, 2022 by Nick Reiter
Fall foliage peaks in a neighborhood in Montgomery County.

The Montgomery County Board of Education finalized a new policy Tuesday that manages student school lunch debt, and it removes a proposed penalty that would have provided students who owe […]

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Easy Recipes to Cook With Kitchen Scraps When Times Are Tight

Posted on June 8, 2022 (June 8, 2022) by Nick Reiter
Scraps leftover from cutting raw carrots beside knife over large wooden cutting board

You’re a dedicated compost user. Maybe you even subscribe to an ugly produce service. But for home cooks who want to use every last piece of produce, meat, or dairy, […]

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5 Cheap, Versatile Foods to Stock Up On Now (and What to Make With Them)

Posted on June 8, 2022 (June 8, 2022) by Nick Reiter
Interior of wooden pantry with products for cooking. Adult woman taking kitchenware and food from the shelves.

Wait, what? If you’re like us, you’ve probably said those words at the grocery checkout recently. Staples like eggs and milk continue to get more expensive (egg prices were up […]

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Maryland Food Bank Pilots Programs Targeting Job Insecurity, Food Access

Posted on June 7, 2022 by Nick Reiter
Food Bank, Bags of Fresh Produce.

The Maryland Food Bank has launched pilot programs targeting unemployment and underemployment, two of the leading causes of food insecurity, and increasing access to healthy, shelf-stable items, the organization said […]

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10 Easy Crockpot Recipes for Families

Posted on June 7, 2022 by Nick Reiter
Beef Stew in a slow-cooker, ready to serve.

We all know that life can get stressful- having to work, get your kids to school/extra curricular activities, etc.- and the last thing you want to do at the end […]

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7 Ways to Slash Your Grocery Bill

Posted on June 7, 2022 by Nick Reiter
Closeup of young man holding bill to check the price in supermarket

​With inflation hitting 7.9 percent in February (a 40-year high) and food costs soaring the same amount year over year, getting groceries for you and your family is a lot […]

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          • Other Food Pantry Locations
          • Mobile Pantry / Outreach Events
        • Energy Assistance
          • How to Apply
          • Apply for Services
        • Homelessness Prevention
          • Homeless Services
          • Rapid Re-Housing
          • Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH)
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