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Parents working multiple jobs, college students struggling financially, elderly veterans with serious health conditions, people living in rural areas with limited food options. … These are just some of the folks who experience food insecurity. The people working to fight hunger in Monroe County say they can’t keep up with the demand. Above, a storage trailer outside of Hoosier Hills Food Bank. | Photo by Olivia Bianco

One Emergency from Catastrophe: Who Struggles with Food Insecurity? Deep Dive: WFHB & Limestone Post Investigate Food Insecurity

Christina Avery and Haley Miller

Parents working multiple jobs, college students struggling financially, elderly veterans with health conditions. These are just some of the folks who experience food insecurity in our community. People working to fight hunger in Monroe County say they can’t keep up with the demand. This first article in a two-part series will look at the problem. Click here for a Deep Dive into food insecurity.

December 18, 2023

Abby Ang at the People’s Market CSA drive-thru on March 28. Ang and a group of vendors, community organizers, and university professors began meeting last year to plan what would become the People’s Market, “a farmers market model unprecedented in Bloomington and Indiana,” writes Ellen Wu for Limestone Post. The group had to “reorient swiftly to the drive-thru CSA once it became obvious that COVID-19 would upend everything.” | Limestone Post

Ethos of New People’s Market Focuses on Food Justice, Mutual Aid

Ellen Wu

A group of vendors, community organizers, and university professors began meeting last year to plan what would become the People’s Market, “a farmers market model unprecedented in Bloomington and Indiana,” writes IU history professor Ellen Wu. When COVID-19 “upended everything,” the group quickly reoriented to create a drive-thru CSA. Click here to read about the People’s Market.