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  • News WBZ News Radio

Leftover cafeteria food at Emerson College will be donated to local students in need this winter break. The Bon Appetit Management Company, which caters Emerson’s dining hall, is donating leftover prepared foods, produce, pantry, and refrigerated items to Food For Free, a non-profit helping fight food insecurity.

  • News Northwest Public Broadcasting

On a recent Friday, the menu at Whitman College’s dining hall looked a little different than normal. There was roasted elk, fry bread with huckleberry jam, and cedar plank smoked rainbow trout. These “first foods” are representative of the region’s Indigenous people. And Whitman College will now have a station highlighting them on the first Friday of every month.

  • News Miami Herald

Seeking relief from South Florida’s soaring heat, outdoor workers in South Florida appealed to politicians in Miami-Dade and Tallahassee for help. They got none. Now, a coalition of farmworkers from South-Dade and Immokalee intend to take their campaign directly to the powerful fast food and grocery industries that buy the produce they harvest.