Our story started as an answer to a call. Working in borrowed kitchens during a pandemic, Family Table Collaborative (FTC) set out to provide nutritional security for families and seniors struggling during COVID-19. But our initiative soon shed light on a much bigger problem.
A little known fact about food security is that in many cases, it is not the food that’s scarce. In 2018, The Greater Boston Food Bank distributed more than 4 million pounds of food to nearly 40 partner agencies on the Cape. Yet roughly 1 in 12 people on Cape Cod is food insecure, meaning he or she doesn’t consistently know where their next meal is coming from. The real challenges are the barriers around access, distribution and education — and this is why our hunger and nutritional crisis never goes away.
The mission of FTC is to end hunger and improve nutritional security on Cape Cod by breaking down these barriers.
