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Pambuyo pa New England Food Show ku Boston Lachiwiri Lachiwiri, odzipereka oposa khumi ndi awiri ogwira ntchito ku Food for Free osapindula adanyamula m'galimoto zawo ndi mabokosi oposa 50 a zakudya zosagwiritsidwa ntchito.
Mphothoyi imaperekedwa kumalo osungiramo katundu a bungweli ku Somerville, komwe amasanjidwa ndikugawidwa m'malo ogulitsa zakudya. Pamapeto pake, zinthuzi zimatha patebulo lodyera kudera la Greater Boston.
“Kupanda kutero, [chakudya] ichi chitha kukhala malo otayirako nthaka,” anatero Ben Engle, COO wa Food for Free. "Uwu ndi mwayi wabwino wopeza zakudya zabwino zomwe simuziwona nthawi zambiri ... komanso kwa omwe alibe chakudya."
New England Food Show, yomwe inachitikira ku Boston Fairgrounds, ndiye msika waukulu kwambiri wamalonda wamakampani ogulitsa chakudya.
Pamene ogulitsa akunyamula ziwonetsero zawo, Food for Free staff akuyang'ana zotsalira zomwe zingathe "kupulumutsidwa" kuti zisatayidwe.
Ananyamula magome awiri a zokolola zatsopano, nyama zophikira komanso zakudya zamitundumitundu, kenaka adanyamula mashelufu angapo odzaza mkate.
"Si zachilendo kuti ogulitsa paziwonetserozi abwere ndi zitsanzo ndipo alibe ndondomeko ya zomwe angachite ndi zitsanzo zotsalira," Angle anauza New England Seafood Expo. "Chotero tipita kukatenga ndikupatsa anthu anjala."
M'malo mogawa chakudya mwachindunji kwa mabanja ndi anthu pawokha, Food for Free imagwira ntchito ndi mabungwe ang'onoang'ono othandizira chakudya omwe ali ndi malumikizano ambiri m'madera akumidzi, adatero Angle.
"Zakudya makumi asanu ndi anayi mphambu zisanu ndi zinayi za chakudya zomwe timatumiza zimapita ku mabungwe ang'onoang'ono ndi mabungwe omwe alibe zoyendera kapena zopangira zinthu zomwe Food for Free ali nazo," adatero Engle. "Chifukwa chake timagula chakudya kuchokera kumadera osiyanasiyana ndikutumiza kumabizinesi ang'onoang'ono omwe amagawa mwachindunji kwa anthu."
Wodzipereka pazakudya zaulere Megan Witter adati mabungwe ang'onoang'ono nthawi zambiri amavutika kuti apeze anthu odzipereka kapena makampani kuti athandizire kupereka chakudya chochokera kumabanki azakudya.
“Modyeramo chakudya cha Mpingo Woyamba wa Mpingo unatithandizadi kupeza chakudya chowonjezera … ku malo athu,” anatero Witter, yemwe kale anali wogwira ntchito yodyetsera chakudya cha tchalitchi. "Chifukwa chake, kukhala ndi transport yawo ndipo sanatilipiritse mayendedwe ndizabwino kwambiri."
Kuyesetsa kupulumutsa chakudya kwawonetsa kusagwiritsidwa ntchito kwa chakudya ndi kusowa kwa chakudya, kukopa chidwi cha mamembala a Boston City Council Gabriela Colet ndi Ricardo Arroyo. Mwezi watha, banjali lidakhazikitsa lamulo loti ogulitsa zakudya azipereka chakudya chotsalira kwa osapindula m'malo mochitaya.
Arroyo adati lingaliroli, lomwe liyenera kumveka pa Epulo 28, likufuna kupanga njira zogawa pakati pa malo ogulitsira, malo odyera ndi ogulitsa ena okhala ndi zophika ndi khitchini ya supu.
Poganizira kuti ndi mapulogalamu angati a federal, monga Supplemental Food Assistance Programme, atha, Engel adati kuyesayesa kowonjezereka kwa chakudya kumafunika ponseponse.
Dipatimenti ya Massachusetts ya Transitional Assistance isanalengeze kuti boma lipereka maubwino owonjezera a SNAP kwa anthu ndi mabanja, Engel adati iye ndi mabungwe ena awona kuchuluka kwakukulu kwa anthu omwe amadikirira kumalo opangira zakudya.
"Aliyense akudziwa kuti kutha kwa pulogalamu ya SNAP kudzatanthauza chakudya chochepa kwambiri," adatero Engel. "Tidzawonanso zofunikira zambiri."