Over thirty-eight million people in the United States experience food insecurity. Of those people, 29% do not qualify for federal nutrition programs. The Little Free Pantry is a grassroots movement that activates neighbor engagement with food insecurity. The group is composed of community members who “see [their] neighbors’ daily struggles and feel called to do something in a way that reflects [their] shared values—compassion, generosity, and trust.” Their goal is to make change from the bottom up, focusing on the interdependence of neighbors and communities who mutually benefit from the process of creating something big from something “little.”
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