Hunger is a problem that can be solved. This hour, we talk to people devoted to ending food insecurity. Jason Jakubowski, president and CEO of Connecticut Food Bank/Foodshare, joins us to talk about the ways the organization has mobilized to feed the more than 540,000 people at risk of hunger in our state. We’ll also talk to two organizers of Middletown Community Fridge, a project of the Middletown Mutual Aid Collective. What are the challenges of starting a grass-roots community fridge? And finally, did you catch West Hartford’s own Sam Occhiogrosso on Food Network’s Kids Baking Championship last year? We want to celebrate this 12-year-old baking star who proved 2020 wasn’t all bad.

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Robyn Doyon-Aitken and Catie Talarski produced this show.

Guests:
Jason Jakubowski – President and CEO of Connecticut Food Bank/Foodshare
Maya Gomberg – Organizer of Middletown Community Fridge,
Kirk Hart – Organizer of Middletown Community Fridge
(You can contact the Middletown Mutual Aid Collective via email: [email protected])
Sam Occhiogrosso – Kid baker from West Hartford, Season 8 Runner-Up on Food Network's Kids Baking Championship (@sambakesthecakes on Instagram)

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