It’s becoming more common to see a running refrigerator in a public park or church parking lot. “Community fridges” have been a hunger-fighting trend around the world, and Wisconsin organizers have followed suit as a means to offer free, fresh produce to anyone in the area in need.
This comes as grocery prices are continuing to rise. The latest Consumer Price Index found grocery prices in the Midwest are up 3 percent compared to last year. And President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” passed this summer will cut roughly $88 billion from federal food stamp programs over the next 10 years, according to the National Grocers Association.
Community fridges are regular refrigerators typically placed outside in some kind of shelter. They run all year, allowing people to “take what you need and give what you can” to keep the fridge stocked, according to Kelsey Lutzow, co-founder of The Fridge in Green Bay…