Mushure meNew England Food Show yegore negore muBoston neChipiri, vanopfuura gumi nevaviri vanozvipira nevashandi vezvisina purofiti Food for Free vakatakura marori avo nemabhokisi anopfuura makumi mashanu echikafu chisina kushandiswa.
Mubairo uyu unoendeswa kunzvimbo inochengeterwa zvinhu nesangano iri kuSomerville, uko unorongwa uye kugoverwa kumatura ezvekudya. Pakupedzisira, zvigadzirwa izvi zvinopedzisira zvave pamatafura ekudyira munzvimbo yeGreater Boston.
"Zvikasadaro, [chikafu] ichi chaizoguma chave marara," akadaro Ben Engle, COO weFood for Free. "Uyu mukana wakanaka wekuwana chikafu chemhando yepamusoro chausingawanzoona ... uyezve kune avo vasina chikafu."
Iyo New England Chikafu Show, yakaitirwa kuBoston Fairgrounds, ndiyo yakakura kwazvo kutengeserana chiitiko cheindasitiri yebasa rekudya.
Kunyange zvazvo vatengesi vari kurongedza zviratidzo zvavo, Food for Free vashandi vari kutsvaga zvakasara zvinogona "kuponeswa" kubva pakukandwa.
Vakarongedza matafura maviri ezviyo zvitsva, nyama inonaka uye zvakasiyana-siyana zvezvokudya zvemhando yepamusoro, ndokutakura zvingoro zvakawanda zvizere nechingwa.
"Hazvishamisi kuti vatengesi pazviratidzwa izvi vauye nemasampuli uye vasina hurongwa hwekuita nemasampuli asara," Angle akaudza New England Seafood Expo. "Saka tichaenda kunoitora topa vanhu vane nzara."
Panzvimbo pekugovera chikafu zvakananga kumhuri uye nevanhu, Food for Free inoshanda nemasangano madiki echikafu ane hukama hwakawanda munharaunda dzenzvimbo, Angle akadaro.
"Zvikamu makumi mapfumbamwe nemapfumbamwe kubva muzana zvechikafu chatinotumira chinoenda kumasangano madiki nemasangano asina zvifambiso kana zvekugadzirisa zvinhu izvo Food for Free ine," akadaro Engle. "Saka isu tinotenga chikafu kubva kwakasiyana uye tinochitumira kumabhizinesi madiki anochiparadzira kune veruzhinji."
Anozvipira chikafu chemahara Megan Witter akati masangano madiki anowanzo kunetseka kuwana vanozvipira kana makambani kubatsira kuendesa chikafu chinopihwa kubva kumabhangi echikafu.
“Chikafu cheFirst Congregational Church chakanyatso kutibatsira kuti tiwane kumwe kudya … kunzvimbo yedu,” akadaro Witter, aimbova mushandi wepachechi. “Saka kuva netransport yavo uye havana kutibhadharisa chekufambisa kwakanaka chaizvo.
Kuedza kununura chikafu kwafumura chikafu chisina kushandiswa uye kusachengeteka kwechikafu, zvichikwevera pfungwa dzenhengo dzeBoston City Council Gabriela Colet naRicardo Arroyo. Mwedzi wapera, vaviri ava vakaisa mutemo unoti vatengesi vezvekudya vape chikafu chasara kune vasina purofiti pane kuti varase.
Arroyo akati chikumbiro ichi, icho chakarongerwa kunzwikwa muna Kubvumbi 28, chine chinangwa chekugadzira nzira dzekugovera pakati pezvitoro zvegirosari, maresitorendi nevamwe vatengesi vane mapantry uye soup kitchen.
Tichifunga kuti vangani zvirongwa zvemubatanidzwa, zvakaita seSupplemental Food Assistance Program, zvasvika kumagumo, Engel akati mamwe mabasa ekununura chikafu anodiwa zvachose.
Dhipatimendi reMassachusetts reTransitional Assistance risati razivisa kuti nyika ichapa mamwe mabhenefiti eSNAP kune vanhu nemhuri, Engel akati iye nemamwe masangano vakaona kuwedzera kukuru kwehuwandu hwevanhu vakamirira kunzvimbo dzekudya.
"Wese munhu anoziva kuti kupedza chirongwa cheSNAP kunoreva chikafu chisina kuchengetedzeka," akadaro Engel. "Chokwadi tichaona zvimwe zvinoda."
Nguva yekutumira: Jun-05-2023