Colorado has joined 22 other states in proposing restrictions on what SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ) recipients are permitted to buy – a politically convenient response to food insecurity that targets the choices of people struggling to eat rather than the systems that make eating well out of reach. The waiver would prohibit the […]
Before the federal government shutdown, before November’s delayed benefits, the charitable food system has been holding its threads from snapping – sustained by dedicated staff, volunteer boards, generous donors, farmers, ranchers and volunteers working exhausting hours. During COVID-19, we saw the lines wrap around buildings and down streets. The threads stretched, but have held. The […]
The Pikes Peak Bulletin has fought for its relevance in the digital age. Historically the hometown newspaper of Manitou Springs, the Bulletin, along with a collection of other newspapers, was re-homed under the umbrella of Sixty35 Media, a non-profit media organization serving the Pikes Peak region in 2022. Hopes that this would prove a financially […]
Last month, the Church of the Lord of Glory shuttered its doors, with no warning and no diversion plan for the participants of the church’s food program. That pantry, located just west of I-25 on Bijou near downtown, serves as the starting point of a corridor that extends almost three miles down Nevada and slightly […]
