WORT 89.9FM Madison · School Lunches Go Downhill At the peak of the pandemic, the U.S. government’s Seamless Summer Option provided waivers and additional funding for schools across the country […]
Little John’s Lunchbox Lets You Pay What You Can
WORT 89.9FM Madison · Little John’s Lunchbox Lets You Pay What You Can Long-time activist and WORT reporter Lea Zeldin, who died in 2009, devoted herself to the idea that […]
Vision Zero for Safer Streets + Food Access on Madison’s South S...
For today’s show, Tuesday host Carousel Bayrd takes a close look at two important local initiatives. First, Renee Callaway and Jeremy Nash from the City of Madison Traffic Engineering talk […]
Reinventing Food Banks
Food banks have been an important tool in addressing food insecurity during the pandemic, but they alone aren’t enough to solve the problem—to do that, we need to focus on […]
Food Insecurity During the Pandemic
An estimated 13.7 million U.S. households were food insecure last year—and this number has only grown during the pandemic, with nearly 1 in 4 households experiencing food insecurity in 2020. […]