Project Bread
With the inauguration of your historic administration and your track record of support for critical food security policy solutions, our state has an opportunity to be a national leader in permanently solving hunger.
At the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health in September, our state had one of the largest delegations of attendees, including nonprofit leaders, individuals with lived experience, and state legislators. President Biden gave the directive in his opening remarks at the White House Conference to embrace bold solutions that will end hunger in our country by 2030.
Energized by and building upon the momentum of that historic day, the Massachusetts attendees came together around a goal to map out a path to end hunger in Massachusetts by 2030. Massachusetts is already leading on, or on the cusp of, some of the most impactful solutions to hunger, from free school meals for all to integrating food access into health care to awareness building and outreach about the federal nutrition programs. The next steps are an opportunity for you and our state to build on our national leadership and permanently solve hunger in Massachusetts.
In this historic moment, the undersigned 19 attendees, representing advocates, food relief organizations, health care, food retail, agriculture, academics, elected officials, and individuals with lived experience of food insecurity, have identified critical early steps.
Across all these policy recommendations, we also recommend that the administration partner closely with frontline organizations and individuals with lived experience of food insecurity and poverty when developing, implementing, and evaluating policies to ensure they effectively reach those who most need support.
We will be convening additional partners and working on a longer-term plan in the coming months. We want to first demonstrate, with you, some early successes here in Massachusetts that will set us on a path to food security for all residents of the Commonwealth and illustrate to all stakeholders that this vision is attainable. Success of any strategy here in Massachusetts will require early progress on these immediate items. We look forward to working with you to collectively achieve them and make Massachusetts a national model for permanently solving hunger.
Sincerely,
Project Bread
About Fresh
Boston Medical Center
Children’s HealthWatch
Community Servings
Daily Table
Daniel’s Table
Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University
Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic
Lovin’ Spoonfuls
Massachusetts Food System Collaborative
Maryann Broxton, consultant on multidimensional poverty and hunger
Mass General Brigham
Massachusetts Law Reform Institute
Regional Environmental Council of Central MA (REC)
Stone Soup Café
The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts
The Greater Boston Food Bank
Worcester County Food Bank