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Saint James Place is a place the welcomes all people who are struggling and are in need of food, clothes, and a job. Only the people who really need help come to Saint James. A lot of struggling people rely on Saint James for food, clothes, and warmth. Every weekday night they have a dinner for people to come in for the cold or from the heat and have a hot meal in front of them for a night. The banquet hall is full of people almost every night and when it is not they can go back up for seconds. Saint

In the Logan Square neighborhood, there is a lack of viable grocery store options. Nonetheless, throughout the City of Chicago there is an abundant amount of restaurants and food options; however, many of these food options are not the healthiest. As stated by the Food Empowerment Project, a food desert is typically “Described as geographic areas where residents’ access to affordable, healthy food options [...] is restricted or nonexistent due to the absence of grocery stores within convenient travelling

I am an investigative Journalist, and I thrive on revealing hidden dirty details to the public. I feel like it is my job to keep the public well informed. Recently the producers at my network came to me with a proposal for an investigative piece. They caught wind that a grocery store’s food handling could be putting consumers at risk. The more details the producers gave me, the more anxious I became. I had a fire in my belly to reveal the unsafe food handling happening at this chain. This story is

There has been growing concern and dialog regarding food deserts and food accessibility in major areas of Chicago, particularly focused in the South-Side neighborhoods of the city. Although the recent concern is a good thing, we need to look at the historical factors that have shaped these areas to find the root causes that deserve attention in order the come up with pragmatic solutions within the food justice movement. First, we will look at political issues that have shaped areas of Chicago, that

Green Lifestyle Tips Ugly Grocers With roughly 40% of produced foodstuffs going to waste in the U.S. alone, the world can hardly afford to discard perfectly good food without even putting it on offer. At most grocery stores, however, this is precisely what happens. Any products that appear malformed, imperfect or otherwise aesthetically displeasing, aren’t even put on the shelves. That means they don’t even have a chance of being consumed, despite being just as nutritious as their picture perfect

Food Insecurity and food accessibility are major problems not only in rural areas but also low-income urban areas throughout the United States. The term “food desert” or an area with limited or no access to healthy, affordable and nutritious food was coined during a U.K. Study into food accessibility for those in the lowest income neighborhoods which contained no major grocery store and had the lowest rate of car ownership. This problem has come across the pond and we've seen many major grocery

The film Cafeteria Man focuses on Tony Geraci former food-service director for Baltimore City Public Schools as he sets out to improve the meals that are served to children throughout the school system. Before the arrival of Geraci, the schools in Baltimore were serving primarily pre-packaged foods and there was often no diversity in the meals served (i.e. pizza everyday). Aside from Geraci, there is also a cohort of students who are advocating for better food for themselves. Eventually, some students

Stephanie Murray SJS165 Ryan Gunderson May 1 2017 Call to Action on Food Insecurity A.   Summary of Actions Food insecurity the state of being without reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food, "more than 800 million people live every day with hunger or food insecurity as their constant companion" (Definitions of Food Security) . People who suffer from food insecurity often live in low income areas that lack grocery stores, farmer markets, or healthy food at a reasonable

Food Waste Why do we as citizens waste food in a world full of hungry people? Food waste has become a huge worldwide problem, especially in this generation. Many foods in the United States is being wasted while others are having trouble to put food on the table for their own family. Food waste is usually being discarded and not eaten. For many food waste doesn’t come across their minds because they don’t struggle with buying the groceries, no matter the price. We do not just waste food while affecting

COMPANY NAME/WEBSITE/INDUSTRY FreshDirect, Freshdirect.com, Food and Grocery BACKGROUND/HISTORY Fresh Direct is a company that allows you to order your food online and get next day delivery, their motto is “Our Food is fresh; our customers are spoiled….. Order on the web today and get next-day delivery of the best food at the best price, exactly the way you want it with 100% satisfaction guaranteed.” The primary business is to allow customers to order their food online and avoid going