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Ma hope o ka hōʻike ʻana i ka New England Food Show ma Boston i ka Pōʻalua, ʻoi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi haneli mau mea manawaleʻa a me nā limahana o ka Food for Free i hoʻouka i kā lākou mau kaʻa me nā pahu ʻai ʻole he 50.
Hāʻawi ʻia ka makana i ka hale kūʻai o ka hui ma Somerville, kahi i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia a hāʻawi ʻia i nā hale waihona meaʻai. ʻO ka hopena, pau kēia mau huahana i nā papa ʻaina ma ka wahi ʻo Greater Boston.
"A i ʻole, e pau kēia [ʻai] i kahi ʻāina," wahi a Ben Engle, COO o Food for Free. "He manawa kūpono kēia e komo ai i ka meaʻai maikaʻi ʻole āu e ʻike pinepine ai…
ʻO ka New England Food Show, i mālama ʻia ma Boston Fairgrounds, ʻo ia ka hanana kālepa nui loa o ka ʻāina no ka ʻoihana lawelawe meaʻai.
ʻOiai e hoʻopaʻa ana nā mea kūʻai aku i kā lākou mau mea hōʻikeʻike, ke ʻimi nei nā limahana ʻo Food for Free i nā koena i hiki ke "hoʻōla ʻia" mai ka hoʻolei ʻia ʻana.
Hoʻopili lākou i ʻelua papa ʻaina o nā hua hou, nā ʻiʻo deli a me nā ʻano meaʻai kiʻekiʻe, a laila hoʻouka i kekahi mau kaʻa piha i ka berena.
"ʻAʻole ia he mea maʻamau no nā mea kūʻai aku ma kēia mau hōʻikeʻike e hele mai me nā laʻana a ʻaʻohe hoʻolālā no ka mea e hana ai me nā mea hoʻohālike i koe," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Angle i ka New England Seafood Expo. "No laila e hele mākou e ʻohi a hāʻawi i ka poʻe pololi."
Ma kahi o ka hāʻawi pololei ʻana i ka meaʻai i nā ʻohana a me nā kānaka, hana ʻo Food for Free me nā hui kōkua meaʻai liʻiliʻi i ʻoi aku ka pili i nā kaiāulu kūloko, wahi a Angle.
"He kanaiwakūmāiwa pākēneka o nā meaʻai a mākou e hoʻouna ai e hele i nā keʻena liʻiliʻi a me nā hui ʻaʻole i loaʻa i ka ʻoihana kaʻa a i ʻole ka logistic i loaʻa iā Food for Free," wahi a Engle. "No laila, kūʻai mākou i ka meaʻai mai nā kumu like ʻole a hoʻouna aku i nā ʻoihana liʻiliʻi e hāʻawi pololei i ka lehulehu."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Megan Witter, ʻo nā hui liʻiliʻi e hakakā pinepine ana e ʻimi i nā limahana a i ʻole nā ​​​​hui e kōkua i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā meaʻai i hāʻawi ʻia mai nā waihona meaʻai.
"Ua kōkua maoli ka hale ʻai meaʻai ʻo First Congregational Church iā mākou e loaʻa i nā meaʻai ʻē aʻe ... i kā mākou hale," wahi a Witter, he limahana meaʻai hale pule mua. "No laila, ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o kā lākou lawe ʻana a ʻaʻole lākou i uku iā mākou no ka lawe ʻana, maikaʻi loa."
Ua hōʻike ʻia nā hana hoʻopakele meaʻai i ka meaʻai i hoʻohana ʻole ʻia a me ka palekana o ka meaʻai, e huki ana i ka manaʻo o nā lālā o ka ʻaha kūkā o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Boston ʻo Gabriela Colet lāua ʻo Ricardo Arroyo. I ka mahina i hala aku nei, ua hoʻolauna ka male i kahi hoʻoponopono e koi ana i nā mea kūʻai meaʻai e hāʻawi i nā koena meaʻai i nā waiwai ʻole ma mua o ka hoʻolei ʻana.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Arroyo, ʻo ka manaʻo, ka mea i manaʻo ʻia e lohe ʻia ma ʻApelila 28, e manaʻo e hana i nā kaila hoʻolaha ma waena o nā hale kūʻai, nā hale ʻaina a me nā mea kūʻai aku me nā pantry a me nā lumi kuke.
Hāʻawi ʻia i ka nui o nā polokalamu kōkua federal, e like me ka Supplemental Food Assistance Program, i pau i ka hopena, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Engel e pono ana nā hana hoʻopakele meaʻai āpau.
Ma mua o ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ke Keʻena ʻOihana Transitional Massachusetts e hāʻawi ka mokuʻāina i nā pono SNAP hou i nā poʻe a me nā ʻohana, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Engel ua ʻike ʻo ia a me nā hui ʻē aʻe i ka piʻi nui o ka poʻe e kali ana i nā hale waihona meaʻai.
"Ua ʻike nā kānaka a pau ʻo ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka papahana SNAP e ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka meaʻai palekana," wahi a Engel. "E ʻike maoli mākou i nā koi hou aku."