Climate change can be beat, but we need to act. Climate change causes hunger. Illegal clearing of tropical forests for beef soy and other crops is a major source of climate change. Seeing the connections and acting to stop them is the only way that we are going to ensure a liveable future!.

Hunger in Massachusetts

Cost per meal in Massachusetts: $3.55 (18% over the national average)
Food insecure people in Massachusetts BEFORE the pandemic: 566,930
Food insecure people in Massachusetts AFTER the pandemic: 1.6 million
Food insecure people in eastern Massachusetts in 2020: more than 658,000 (equivalent to nearly the entire population of Boston)
State with the greatest percentage increase in food insecurity during the pandemic: Massachusetts
Increase in food insecurity in Massachusetts between 2019 and start 2021: 55%
State with the greatest increase in food-insecure children due to the pandemic: Massachusetts, at 102%

For More Information:
The Greater Boston Food Bank: www.gbfb.org
Worcester Food Bank: www.foodbank.org
The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts: www.foodbankwma.org
Merrimack Valley Food Bank: www.mvfb.org/