我们的任务
we're bringing people together to create a just food system and to build healthy, sustainable and equitable communities in worcester, ma and beyond
Food insecurity in our community
Communities in Worcester County experience high rates of poverty and food insecurity, particularly in the city of Worcester, where the poverty rate (20%) is nearly twice that of the state (11%) and county (10%).
Inequities in healthy food access and community food security have been exacerbated and made more visible throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. REC seeks to address the disparities in food access seen in our communities.
33%
of children in the Worcester communities REC serves live in a family unable to meet their basic needs for food
16.6%
of Massachusetts residents are food insecure
33%
Black and Latino/a/x Massachusetts families with children are experiencing food insecurity
我们的核心课程
优格罗
我们支持整个伍斯特的 60 多个社区花园和 500 名园丁网络
农贸市场
我们通过我们的移动和常设社区市场为最需要的人带来新鲜的本地产品
青春成长
我们通过城市农业为伍斯特青年提供经济机会和个人/职业发展
The REC does not, by policy or practice, discriminate against a person or group on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, marital or military status, or based on any individual’s status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.