The Maryland Food Bank (MFB) reported that based on MFB’s Maryland Hunger Map analysis, approximately two million Marylanders may face hunger in 2025 (https://mdfoodbank.org/hunger-in-maryland/whats-at-stake/). What happens when food banks are closed or hungry people lack transportation to access them?
Grassroot Solutions: Community Fridges
An increasing number of public refrigerators known as “community fridges,” can be found on sidewalks from the West Coast to the East Coast to improve access to food for hungry people in need. Freedge.org https://freedge.org/freedge-yourself) provides advice about starting a community fridge in your neighborhood, and information about where to locate a “community freedge” listed in their database. The concept is growing as food insecurity expands and deepens…