This past year has proved to be challenging for food access and distribution in Maryland. But thereâs a lot to be learned from the challenges and responses.
The final day of the Western Maryland Food Council virtual conference focused on the realities of food access and distribution in Maryland.
Caitlin Mislaszek, a program officer with Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future, discussed the results of a Johns Hopkins survey of food access during the pandemic, specifically the successes and problems faced by the food policy councils in providing food and getting that food into the hands of those in need.
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Cecil and Marsha Bell enjoy sweet time together before he became ill with COVID-19. Submitted Photo
LAVALE â Cecil Bell was strong and full of energy. His regular activities ranged from extensive yard work to lifting 50-pound boxes of produce for the local food bank.
He spent much of his time volunteering to help others.
He and his wife, Marsha â a priest associate at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Cumberland â were childhood friends in Sweeny, Texas, and in 2015 reconnected at their 50-year high school reunion.
They married the following year and lived in LaVale.
âHospitality, friendliness, work for the needy,â is part of the way Marsha Bell describes her husband.