According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), food insecurity is when healthy food intake and eating patterns become disrupted due to lacking access to quality foods or resources (Nord et al., 2005). Healthy diets are critical for optimal mental and physical functions, even when it is hard to make ends meet. At the HIGH Program, our mission is to provide financially struggling students with the resources and assistance, so they don’t have to sacrifice their dreams of obtaining their degree. No one should need to choose between a healthy meal and a place to be warm through the night. We have put together resources to make it easier to find local food banks and food pantries in your area.      Let us start with the difference between food banks and food pantries. Knowing the difference will help determine proximity to quality food. It also may help shorten the time between arriving at the site and receiving food. Food Bank - A food bank is an organizatio...

  Food insecurity in the United States has seemed like an insurmountable problem for so long, despite the amount of surplus food large companies throw away every year. In the US alone, 108 billion pounds of food are wasted every year, amounting to about 40% of the food in the country . The majority of this food is wasted by businesses, who can’t sell nearly as much food as they order. A good many organizations have stepped in to try and redistribute this surplus food, including Forgotten Harvest . Founded in 1990, the mission of Forgotten harvest is to rescue food surpluses and make them accessible to people with food insecurities.  Forgotten Harvest delivers food directly to families living in the greater Metro Detroit area who are facing food insecurities. Through this program, hundreds of families have been fed and are able to live without wondering where their next meal will come from. By Celeste Holmes

5 Meal Ideas under 10 Dollars Life can be expensive, but especially food can be expensive. When you are on a tight budget, planning meals to eat for dinner can get bland and tedious. Try to spice up your dinner, and add new ideas to the menu is hard on a budget, especially a strict budget. Below are five breakfast, lunch, and dinner ideas that all cost $10 or less to make!   1.     Chicken Pot Pie Turnovers -Preparation time: 1 hr. 25 min. -Yields: 4 people -Ingredients: ·         2 tablespoons butter ·         1/2 onion, chopped ·         1 carrot, chopped ·         1 stalk celery, chopped ·         Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper ·         2 cloves garlic minced ·         2 teaspoo...