Atlanta Community Food Bank, Mayor Andre Dickens hosts cooking class with seniors

The event included discussions on food insecurity affecting Atlanta’s senior community, as well as Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens’ commitment to supporting and strengthening Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP). Photo by Isaiah Singleton/The Atlanta VoiceThe Atlanta Community Food Bank, one of the nation’s leading food banks fighting hunger, is calling for action within Metro Atlanta for support towards the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP).To address this issue, ACFB hosted a “Community Conversation Cooking Class with Mayor Andre Dickens.”CSFP provides seniors with healthy foods through free monthly food boxes, as part of the current farm bill. As critical pandemic-era benefits expire, many seniors on fixed incomes are struggling to afford rising food, housing, and medical costs.The event included discussions on food insecurity affecting Atlanta’s senior community, as well as Dickens’ commitment to supporting and strengthening CSFP. Seniors were able to share their experiences and hear firsthand about the city’s efforts to address food insecurity.“We are always thankful for the diligence and hard work the Atlanta Community Food Bank’s great leadership puts into every community across Georgia that needs food whether that’s in our youth, our families, and today is all about our seniors,” Dickens said. “We’re teaching them how to eat healthy...