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Friday, December 5, 2014

Hidden Hunger

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The View From Here: Hidden Hunger brings you first-person stories of people coping with food insecurity in one of the country's richest agricultural regions. Hidden Hunger explores the daily struggles of children, adults and seniors who live in overlooked neighborhoods of south Sacramento, where the stigma of poverty and hunger is high.

Hidden Hunger explores two neighborhoods: Meadowview and The Avenues, where lack of transportation limits access to affordable, healthy fresh food. The project raises awareness of the challenges facing those who live in these food deserts and examines local solutions to alleviate hunger. 

Listen to the companion stories from our collaboration with NPR

  • Beyond Free Lunch: Schools Open Food Pantries For Hungry Families

  • In Sacramento, Fighting Hunger Requires More Than Charity

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    Hunger And Hope In The Avenues

    Cosmo Garvin

    Residents of a low-income neighborhood line up by the hundreds for free food distributed by Ebenezer Christian Center several times each month. Grocery stores are miles away. Transportation options are few in this urban food desert.

  • Andrew Nixon / Capital Public Radio

    Far From Plenty

    Julia Mitric

    At John Still K-8 in Meadowview all 970 students qualify for free lunch. A school resource specialist hands out free bags of food from the on-site pantry. She wants each bag to link families to more resources.

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  • Hidden Hunger Storybooth

    Friday, December 5, 2014
    Hidden Hunger: Storybooth is part of Capital Public Radio’s multimedia documentary series, The View From Here. The series raises the voices of everyday people responding to change in their lives and the challenges of our times.
  • Project Impact Report

    Friday, December 5, 2014
    Find out what happens when CapRadio involves community members to discover, develop and report stories on hunger. Read about how we’re pioneering new ways to tell diverse stories, spark community conversations and make an impact.
  • Hidden Hunger Videos

    Friday, December 5, 2014
    Find resources for addressing food insecurity. See what happens at a mobile food bank. Hear how community experts and residents are finding a way forward together.
  • Interactive Map: Food Access, Food Assistance Resources

    Friday, December 5, 2014
    Search interactive maps of south Sacramento to find food distribution locations, community gardens, farmer’s markets and more.
  • Community Engagement: We Want To Turn You On!

    Friday, December 5, 2014
    How can we turn you on…to action? If there’s a problem that needs to be solved, do you get involved? When you hear staggering statistics that seem like they belong more to a country ravaged by war than your own community, what do you do about it?

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Hidden Hunger On Insight

Local Hubs Distribute Food Aid Across Sacramento County

September 20, 2017

Dozens of local food pantries will meet this week in Sacramento to swap strategies on how to tailor what they do to serve urban and rural communities coping with food insecurity.

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Sacramento Food Bank Unveils New Produce Truck

March 10, 2017

The Sacramento Food Bank is going mobile. It just unveiled its new produce truck.

Hidden Hunger: Storybooth

December 4, 2014

We delve into how CapRadio's documentary team uncovered stories of hunger in the Sacramento region.

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