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Food Security in New Jersey


About Food Security in New Jersey - NJ.gov

Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social, and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food.

NJ Office of the Food Security Advocate

The New Jersey Office of the Food Security Advocate (OFSA) is a convener and collaborator building consensus across resident leaders, "food and" pantries, ...

New Jersey Food Security Initiative - Food Research & Action Center

The New Jersey Food Security Initiative aims to address this by increasing equitable access to healthy food for New Jersey families.

Food-Security-Programs - NJEDA

This basic need is still not met for all New Jerseyans. Food insecurity impacts all racial and ethnic groups and geographic regions of the state. Communities ...

New Jersey Food Security Initiative

Our vision: increasing food security across New Jersey. Boosting equitable access to healthier food options.

Feeding America Study Finds a 22% Increase in Food Insecurity in ...

Nearly 1 million people in New Jersey are food insecure, a 22% increase over the previous year, according to Feeding America's annual Map the Meal Gap study.

Hunger in New Jersey

More than 1.2 million NJ residents are projected to be food insecure in 2020, with 431,000 newly food insecure this year. Source: Community FoodBank of New ...

Hunger & Its Solutions in New Jersey - Food Research & Action Center

Key Findings · At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, 285,000 households (1 in 12) in New Jersey did not have reliable access to affordable, nutritious food.

New Jersey | Feeding America

In New Jersey, 994,800 people are facing hunger - and of them 263,260 are children. 1 in 9 people. Illustration showing 9 stick figures in a row with one ...

Take Action to Fight Food Insecurity - Community FoodBank Of New ...

CFBNJ offers a variety of innovative youth programs to educate and engage New Jersey children, teens, and young adults in the fight against hunger and poverty.

Did you know nearly 10% of New Jersey's population is food ...

In 2023, the average rate for food insufficiency in New Jersey was almost 10% according to FRAC. Food insufficiency (or food insecurity) means ...

Hunger & Poverty in New Jersey - Map the Meal Gap

The food insecurity rate in New Jersey was 8.8% in 2021. Explore a map of hunger statistics in New Jersey at the state and local level.

NJ's complex food-aid system is changing - NJ Spotlight News

During the 2021-22 school year, just over 32% of New Jersey K-12 students were classed as economically disadvantaged, meaning that they were ...

Advancing Food Security in New Jersey | RWJF

As part of our commitment to advance health equity in New Jersey, we support efforts to help end hunger, enhance equitable access to ...

New Jersey Office of the Food Security Advocate - Facebook

New Jersey Office of the Food Security Advocate, Trenton, New Jersey. 227 likes · 3 talking about this. This office is building consensus across...

Food Security Planning Grant Program (CLOSED) - NJEDA

The Food Security Planning Grant Program is the Authority's first pilot program as part of the Food Desert Relief Act, providing grants between $75,000 to ...

Food Insecurity & Food Waste in NJ - New Jersey Agricultural Society

Farmers Against Hunger provides over 1 million pounds of fresh produce a year, helping bridge the gap between food insecurity and food waste.

These are the solutions we need for growing food insecurity in NJ

In New Jersey, some 650,000 residents, or 7.4%, suffer from hunger. That is 7.4% of the population according to the Community Food Bank. In ...

One in 12 households here face food insecurity, study says

An average of 8.4% of New Jersey households experienced food insecurity and “very low food security” from 2018 to 2020, according to the U.S. ...

Food Security In New Jersey - Montclair State University

The Montclair State University Campus Community Garden, and its partner organizations, are working to better understand the nature of the need of students ...