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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Boxes of food Campus Kitchens distributes to food-insecure Evanston residents. The organization can no longer use University vans, and now drives Zipcars or personal vehicles to transport the food around Evanston.

After losing access to University vans, Campus Kitchens struggles with transportation costs

February 28, 2019

A single van is all Campus Kitchens would need to help feed the food-insecure people of Evanston. But since the beginning of the academic year, Campus Kitchens — alongside several other volunteer organizations...

Students wait in line to get food at Sargent Dining Hall. Several groups on campus, including student organizations and administrative departments, have been addressing food insecurity on Northwestern’s campus.

Northwestern community increases efforts to address food insecurity on campus

February 27, 2018

Though most Northwestern students generally appear to be fairly affluent, food insecurity still affects some students every day, causing some student groups and University officials to increase efforts...

Northwestern SESP student Joanne Huang presents Evanston food insecurity findings at Evanston Public Library on Wednesday. The meeting was nonprofit Meals at Home’s first time partnering with EPL.

Meals at Home, EPL launch food insecurity discussion with SESP research

October 26, 2017

Northwestern students presented findings showing Evanston’s food insecurity rate ranged between 12.1 percent and 20 percent at a Wednesday event hosted by local nonprofit Meals at Home. Around 30...

Shirola: The food crisis is real, we need to act now

October 3, 2017

The sharing of food has always been part of the human story — from the Last Supper to modern society. It’s helped us forge lifelong relationships from the classic “dinner and a movie” date to family...

The exterior of Evanston Public Library. EPL recently collaborated with Meals at Home collaborated to launch a series of community discussions around hunger and food insecurity for locals.

EPL, Meals at Home create discussion series on food insecurity

October 2, 2017

Evanston Public Library and Meals at Home collaborated to launch a series of community discussions focused on hunger and food insecurity for local residents. The first discussion, which addresses both...

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