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Our reporters are teaming with NBC News for a crowdsourcing project on what poverty means to people. Join by using the #PovertyIs hashtag on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube.
The Bed Stuy Campaign Against Hunger is struggling to meet the demand for food as new clients pour in.
Woody Guthrie's 1941 ballad sets the stage for our podcast, which looks at struggles amid times of abundance.
Food stamp cuts are sending more New Yorkers to pantries and soup kitchens, advocates for the needy say.
A Vermont farmer built a sailboat to bring food to New York. But will his effort become a sustainable business model for carbon-neutral food transportation?
Some Manhattan McDonald's are charging for extra ketchup.
A glut of strawberries grown in California and Florida is making for some sweet bargains on the streets of New York.
Foodie and self-taught historian Sarah Lohman lived for a week on recipes from an 1878 pamphlet designed to help poor New York City tenement dwellers.