culture. not because they are white, but the cauliflower made an off-color racial joke during the break, because i met a farmers market. the seminar that you re pointing to was created by jennifer zuckerman of the world policy center and she claims the farmers markets are examples of white spaces where whiteness permeates the food system. if what it means is that the so-called white supremacists come up with and this is a quote, white ideals of health and nutrition. if you think apple or a carrot you might snack on during the day is healthy, it s only been viewed so by white supremacists. not only does she go after farmers markets but food charities like mobile food fans that go into some communities that have high populations of minority residents. she said that this is pushing a racist notion that minority communities can t provide or make decisions for themselves. helping people get access to nutritious food is racist.
myself and several other local head teachers go to collect the food for the children. teachers are spending their own money on food, they re topping up the food banks. the challenges are significant. the government says it s expanded access to free school meals more than any other government in recent decades. and there are currently over 1.7 million pupils in england that receive a nutritious free school meal through the benefits related criteria. but food charities are warning it doesn t go far enough to reach working families struggling to put food on the table. elaine dunkley, bbc news, in stalybridge. the brexit minister, david frost, has said only limited progress has been made in talks between the uk and the eu in brussels, as both sides try and resolve a dispute about northern ireland. britain wants to change the northern ireland protocol, which is designed to regulate trade and prevent the need for a hard border in ireland.
Tallahassee Food Challenge helps locals get nutritious food
Inspiring the community to feed the hungry
The Tallahassee Food Challenge is stepping up to help feed local families in need.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) â The Tallahassee Food Challenge is stepping up to help feed local families in need. It s a campaign designed to inspire the community to donate to food charities in the Big Bend.
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, one in four people in Leon County cannot get nutritious food. That means demand has increased by 50 percent in adults and 56 percent in children.
also, they re working with companies like cabot cheese and chobani to process the extra milk and turn it into yogurt and cheese that will be given to food charities. steve, thank you. and our reporting continues on small businesses in our country. today, another desperate scramble to get help from ppe program. and trouble on the website that didn t help. here s mary bruce. reporter: tonight, the race is on for small businesses to apply for a new round of government funding. but already it s off to a rocky start. the online loan application process today plagued with technical problems. the $310 billion is expected to go quickly. there s already a massive backlog after the first round of funding ran dry in just 13 days. in california, comic book store owner joe field has been trying for weeks to get a loan. tonight he tells us he s still waiting. the funding is going to help pay for some of the expenses that we ve incurred through this. but it won t get anywhere close to paying