Chris Costanzo

Many people working in hunger relief lament the difficulty of eliminating hunger, a problem that seems like it should be easily resolved, given the world of plenty that we live in. But few respond to the issue by taking on a global research project involv... See more

ICE in Minnesota has not been good for immigrants, nor for efficient food distribution. The incursion of 3,000 Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents into the state beginning in December 2025 has resulted in the arrest of 4,000 people, according to th... See more

Some of the things that make Food is Medicine attractive to community-based organizations also make it attractive to for-profit companies. Both, for example, would like to use the insurance reimbursements they get for providing healthy food to help sustai... See more

Reinvestment Partners has been on a mission to make its produce-prescription program a standard healthcare service that can be reimbursed by insurers. The results of its latest clinical trial move it one step closer to that goal, with some caveats. The Du... See more

It took several months to get going, but Feeding Westchester is now humming along with an initiative that uses Medicaid dollars to deliver nutritious food to the doors of eligible residents. Every Wednesday morning, the Elmsford, N.Y.-based food bank over... See more