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Food Security Action Team (FSAT)
Fall 2022 Newsletter
A newsletter connecting you to up-to-date food security resources for undergraduate and graduate students, couples, and families. We encourage you all to share these resources broadly and help foster a food secure campus where no student goes to bed hungry!
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No student should go to bed hungry. If you are a student who is struggling with finances or accessing enough food, these resources at MIT may be able to help. |
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News and Updates
- The Division of Student Life food security programs during the holiday break and IAP will continue to provide eligible undergraduate students living on or near campus with resources to help offset meal expenses.
- Graduate students are reminded that resources are available to make food more accessible and affordable, including over winter break, by applying for Graduate Student Food Resources.
- SwipeShare data for the 22-23 Academic Year shows that nearly 1700 swipes were donated and provided to students who needed them.
- This January an IAP series sponsored by the Office of Sustainability called “Cool as a Cucumber,” will explore the food and climate nexus. To learn more, sign up at this link.
- UA Farmer’s Market initiative - The UA Wellbeing and Innovation committees are working together with the Food Security Action Team to explore the possibility of a Farmer’s Market on campus. The UA is currently looking for interested people willing to help. To partner with them or learn more, please contact ua-produce-market@mit.edu.
- Daily Table Grab and Go Event - MIT students who live in cook-for-yourself communities got a chance to sample affordable groceries from Daily Table at a “Grab-and-Go” grocery event held on September 12th. This event was sponsored by the Sustainability & First Year offices in collaboration with Student Financial Services. If you haven’t been to the Daily Table yet, please go for healthy low-cost groceries.
- Grad Food Resource Fair - With the support of a MindHandHeart Grant, FSAT and the Graduate Student Council DEI committee collaborated on the recent Grad Student Food Resource Fair, dispersing food and personal hygiene resources to graduate students. Student attendees were able to enter raffles, connect with resources, receive recipes, discuss grocery shopping habits, and make overnight oats with Graduate Residential Education.
- Food Justice, Resilience, and Entrepreneurship Event - On November 29th, Chef Tracy Chang, owner of PAGU in Cambridge, delivered an immersive lecture exploring topics from the science of noodles to innovative food security solutions in the Boston area. Led by the Asian American Initiative, with support from the Office of Sustainability, the Women's & Gender Studies Program, the Office of Intercultural Engagement, Graduate Residential Education, Office of Student Wellbeing, and Sloan DEI, this event caps off a series of hands-on explorations around Asian American food justice and agriculture.
- DormCon and the UA hosted a food security forum with FSAT on December 6th, creating a space for students to discuss food security on campus and increase awareness about resources to help students access food. Please use these promotional pieces developed by students and administration to spread the word about food security.
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SwipeShare
The SwipeShare program allows anyone with a meal plan to donate meals to help students in need. If you have the ‘Any 19’ meal plan, you can donate up to 6 ‘Guest Meals’ per semester or, if you have a Block meal plan, you may donate up to 6 of your regular meal swipes.
Please consider donating to SwipeShare before the end of the semester if you are able to.
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Food Guides and Maps
Check out these great guides to food at MIT for undergraduate and graduate students. Use the MIT Food Map, now including the Healthy Fresh vending machines, to explore locations close to campus where you can access food and groceries easily.
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Graduate Student Food Resources
MIT offers resources to individual graduate students and graduate student couples and families centered around making food more accessible and affordable. To request graduate student food resources, please fill out the webform below.
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Undergraduate Emergency Support Fund
Resources are available to help students cover unforeseen, essential expenses, or to obtain enough food for regular meals. S3 can help students cover or subsidize urgent costs such as winter clothing or an emergency trip home.
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