Tom qab txhua xyoo New England Food Show hauv Boston rau hnub Tuesday, ntau tshaj li kaum ob tus neeg tuaj yeem pab dawb thiab cov neeg ua haujlwm ntawm cov khoom noj pub dawb tau thauj lawv lub tsheb nrog ntau dua 50 lub thawv khoom noj uas tsis siv.
Cov khoom plig raug xa mus rau lub koom haum lub tsev khaws khoom hauv Somerville, qhov chaw uas nws tau txheeb thiab faib rau cov khoom noj khoom haus. Thaum kawg, cov khoom no xaus rau ntawm lub rooj noj mov hauv Greater Boston cheeb tsam.
Ben Engle, COO ntawm Zaub Mov Dawb hais tias "Yog tsis li ntawd, qhov no [khoom noj] yuav xaus rau hauv qhov chaw pov tseg," said Ben Engle, COO ntawm Khoom Noj Dawb. "Qhov no yog lub sijhawm zoo rau kev nkag mus rau cov zaub mov zoo uas koj tsis pom ntau zaus ... thiab rau cov neeg uas tsis muaj zaub mov txaus."
New England Food Show, muaj nyob rau ntawm Boston Fairgrounds, yog lub cheeb tsam kev lag luam loj tshaj plaws rau kev lag luam khoom noj khoom haus.
Thaum cov neeg muag khoom tab tom ntim lawv cov khoom pov thawj, Food for Free cov neeg ua haujlwm tab tom nrhiav cov khoom seem uas tuaj yeem "txuag" los ntawm kev muab pov tseg.
Lawv tau ntim ob lub rooj ntawm cov khoom tshiab, cov nqaij deli thiab ntau yam khoom noj khoom haus zoo, ces thauj ob peb lub laub puv lub ncuav.
Angle hais rau New England Seafood Expo tias "Nws tsis yog qhov tsis yooj yim rau cov neeg muag khoom ntawm cov yeeb yam no tuaj nrog cov qauv thiab tsis muaj lub tswv yim yuav ua li cas nrog cov qauv ntxiv," Angle hais rau New England Seafood Expo. "Yog li peb yuav mus sau thiab muab rau cov neeg tshaib plab."
Hloov chaw faib zaub mov ncaj qha rau cov tsev neeg thiab cov tib neeg, Food for Free ua haujlwm nrog cov koom haum me me uas muaj kev sib txuas ntau hauv cov zej zog, Angle tau hais.
"Cuaj caum cuaj feem pua ntawm cov zaub mov uas peb xa mus rau cov koom haum me thiab cov koom haum uas tsis muaj kev thauj mus los lossis kev thauj mus los uas Food for Free muaj," Engle tau hais. "Yog li qhov pib peb yuav khoom noj los ntawm ntau qhov chaw thiab xa mus rau cov lag luam me uas faib ncaj qha rau pej xeem."
Kev pub zaub mov pub dawb Megan Witter tau hais tias cov koom haum me feem ntau tawm tsam nrhiav cov neeg tuaj yeem pab dawb lossis cov tuam txhab los pab xa zaub mov pub dawb los ntawm cov tsev txhab nyiaj khoom noj.
Witter, ib tug qub neeg ua hauj lwm ntawm lub tsev teev ntuj zaub mov pantry hais tias "Thawj Lub Koom Txoos lub Koom Txoos cov zaub mov tau pab peb tau khoom noj ntxiv ... "Yog li, muaj lawv txoj kev thauj mus los thiab lawv tsis tau them nqi thauj peb yog qhov zoo heev."
Kev siv zog cawm zaub mov tau nthuav tawm cov zaub mov tsis siv thiab zaub mov tsis nyab xeeb, ua rau cov tswvcuab hauv nroog Boston Gabriela Colet thiab Ricardo Arroyo. Lub hli tas los, nkawm niam txiv tau tshaj tawm txoj cai uas xav kom cov neeg muag khoom noj khoom haus pub zaub mov seem rau cov tsis muaj txiaj ntsig ntau dua li muab pov tseg.
Arroyo tau hais tias qhov kev thov, uas tau teem sijhawm yuav hnov lub Plaub Hlis 28, lub hom phiaj los tsim cov kev faib tawm ntawm cov khw muag khoom noj, tsev noj mov thiab lwm tus neeg muag khoom nrog pantries thiab zaub mov.
Muab ntau npaum li cas tsoomfwv cov kev pabcuam, xws li Txoj Haujlwm Pabcuam Khoom Noj Ntxiv, tau xaus, Engel tau hais tias yuav tsum muaj kev pab cawm zaub mov ntau ntxiv.
Ua ntej Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance tshaj tawm tias lub xeev yuav muab cov txiaj ntsig SNAP ntxiv rau cov tib neeg thiab tsev neeg, Engel tau hais tias nws thiab lwm lub koom haum tau pom muaj coob tus neeg tos ntawm cov khoom noj khoom haus.
Engel tau hais tias "Txhua tus paub tias qhov kawg ntawm SNAP program yuav txhais tau tias tsis muaj zaub mov tsis zoo," Engel hais. "Peb yuav pom qhov xav tau ntau dua."
Post lub sij hawm: Jun-05-2023