For as long as many of us have encountered vending machines on college campuses, waiting rooms, and workplace lounges, they have been a reliable place to get a chocolate bar and a bottle of soda.
But between hygiene items, pregnancy tests, and even Narcan, vending machines have quickly become a tool to get essentials in the hands of people who otherwise would not have access to them.
In the Bronx, New York, nonprofit Change Food For Good, is getting even more creative with these vending machines. The group just installed its first free food vending machine at Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club…