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Nearly One in Three Adults in Mass. Are Struggling to Get Enough Food to Eat, Study Finds

Jun 6, 2022
A team works to pack orders for curb-side distribution at the South Community Food Pantry in Pittsfield, Mass this January. It serves about 600 families per week.BEN GARVER/ASSOCIATED PRESS

New study finds that at least 1.8 million people — or 32 percent of the state’s adult population — are food insecure.

With funding support from the Hunger to Health Collaboratory, The Greater Boston Food Bank conducted a statewide survey to identify changes in food insecurity, document barriers/facilitators of food pantry use and SNAP enrollment, and develop recommendations to improve food access and equity.

Read the study here.