How You Can Help End Food Insecurity in D.C.
September is Hunger Action Month, and as it draws to a close, we’re thinking about how one in three D.C. residents is food insecure. Radha Mutiah from the Capital Area Food Bank joins us to talk about who’s going hungry in the district and how each of us can help.
You can check out the Capital Area Food Bank’s report on food insecurity here.
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