Kev lag luam txawb nqa zaub mov tshiab rau Wisconsin cov neeg siv khoom

Sijhawm Nyeem Ntawv: 6 feeb

Wisconsin Watch'sTshaj dhau Hunger' series tshuaj xyuas zaub mov tsis ruaj ntseg hauv Asmeskas cov khoom noj khoom haus. Wisconsin Saib yog chav xov xwm tsis muaj txiaj ntsig uas tsom mus rau tsoomfwv kev ncaj ncees thiab teeb meem ntawm lub neej zoo. Sau npe rau peb tsab ntawv xov xwm rau ntau zaj dab neeg ncaj nraim rau koj inbox thiab pub los txhawb peb qhov tseeb-kuaj sau xov xwm.

Rau Shirley Johnson, tau txais khoom noj tsis yooj yim.

Johnson, 64-xyoo-laus cov laus laus uas nyob ib leeg hauv Milwaukee, tsis muaj tsheb thiab yuav tsum tau cia siab rau lwm tus kom tau zaub mov. Nws feem ntau hu nws tus ntxhais lossis lwm tus neeg hauv tsev neeg uas nyob hauv nroog, vam tias yuav caij tsheb mus rau lub khw muag khoom noj.

Tab sis yog tias lawv khi lossis tsis khoom, Johnson yuav tsum them ib tus neeg coj nws mus yuav khoom - tshwj tsis yog thaum lub khw tuaj rau nws.

Ib hlis ib zaug, Johnson tos ntev, muaj yeeb yuj semi-trailer hitched rau lub tsheb thauj mus los ntawm Highland Gardens cov tsev. Txoj kev nqaim ntawm Piggly Wiggly ntawm lub log muaj cov txiv hmab txiv ntoo, zaub, nqaij thiab khoom noj siv mis.

"Peb txaus siab rau lub tsheb thauj khoom vim tias peb coob tus tsis tuaj yeem mus rau tom khw," said Johnson, uas yuav cov staples thiab cov khoom tshwj xeeb suav nrog Lactaid rau nws qhov tsis haum lactose.

Ua tsaug rau tsoomfwv cov nyiaj pab, cov khoom noj tau muag ntawm ib nrab nqi. Johnson, zoo li qee tus neeg uas yuav khoom ntawm lub lag luam txawb, tau txais FoodShare thiab tawm tsam kom them tau qee yam khoom noj ntawm cov khw muag khoom ib txwm muaj.

Qee lub koom haum tsis muaj txiaj ntsig tau tig mus rau cov khw muag khoom txawb no ua lwm txoj hauv kev rau cov khw muag khoom cib thiab mortar kom ncav cuag cov neeg noj zaub mov tsis ruaj ntseg.

Feem coob ntawm cov neeg nyob hauv Milwaukee raug suav hais tias muaj tsawg nkag mus rau cov khw muag khoom noj, uas yog qhov nyuaj ntxiv los ntawm kev thaiv kev thauj mus los - 13.4% ntawm Milwaukee cov tsev neeg tsis muaj tsheb, raws li cov ntaub ntawv suav pej xeem.

Yog tsis muaj Mobile Market, Highlands Gardens tus neeg nyob hauv Shirley Johnson, 64, yuav tsum tso siab rau nws tsev neeg lossis them tus tsav tsheb kom tau khoom noj. Johnson hais tias "Qhov no yooj yim dua rau kuv, yog li kuv tsis tas yuav mus tom khw vim lawv tuaj rau kuv," Johnson hais. "Yog, Piggly Wiggly los rau kuv." (Coburn Dukehart / Wisconsin Saib)

Tab sis kev lag luam txawb tuaj yeem tawm tsam kom nyob twj ywm nyiaj txiag. Ib tus kws tshawb fawb uas tau kawm txog kev lag luam txawb tau ntau tshaj kaum xyoo piv rau lawv rau "lub qhov rooj hloov" vim tias qhov kev lag luam mobile ntau npaum li cas pib thiab tom qab ntawd nres.

Lydia Zepeda, tus xibfwb ntawm University of Wisconsin-Madison tau hais tias "Muaj nyiaj txiag ntau los pib lawv. "Cov lus nug yog sim nrhiav tus qauv uas muaj nyiaj txiag ruaj khov - vim tias lawv kim."

'Kev xav sab nraum lub thawv'

Lub Hunger Task Force, ib lub koom haum tsis muaj txiaj ntsig nyob hauv Milwaukee, tau koom tes nrog Piggly Wiggly los muab cov khw muag khoom noj khoom haus.

Sherrie Tussler, tus thawj coj ntawm Hunger Task Force hais tias "Koj yuav tsum muaj tswv yim tiag tiag yog tias koj yuav daws cov teeb meem xws li zaub mov tsis ruaj ntseg,"

Nws hais ntxiv tias: "Tsuas yog ua txhua yam tib yam nkaus txhua lub sijhawm tsis yog lo lus teb, tab sis xav sab nraum lub npov txog qhov uas twb ua haujlwm lawm."

Tag nrho cov khoom noj khoom haus mobile tau muag ntawm ib nrab nqi ua tsaug rau US Department of Agriculture pab. Tsis pub nyiaj ntsuab, tab sis debit, credit thiab cards rau lub xeev cov kev pab cuam zaub mov, FoodShare, tau txais.

Kev ua lag luam txawb nres ntawm cov chaw hauv zej zog, cov tsev laus nyob, cov tsev nyob hauv pej xeem thiab cov tsev kawm ntawv hauv cov chaw noj mov hauv cheeb tsam metro, los ntawm Brown Deer mus rau Franklin. Qhov nruab nrab, kwv yees li 25 txog 35 tus neeg siv lub khw ntawm txhua qhov chaw nres tsheb, Tussler tau hais.

raws li cov ntaub ntawv Los ntawm 2019 sau los ntawm ib lub lag luam txawb nres, 88% ntawm kev yuav khoom ntawm lub khw ncaj qha rau cov menyuam yaus. Cov neeg laus tau txais txiaj ntsig zoo ib yam.

Rick Lewandowski, tus thawj coj pabcuam loj rau Hunger Task Force tau hais tias "Ntau lub tsev tsev laus no nyob hauv cov suab puam zaub mov." "Peb paub tias nws nyuaj rau cov neeg laus mus rau lub khw muag khoom noj, yog li lawv yuav tsum them ib tus neeg kom mus txog qhov ntawd, thiab lawv twb tau siv nyiaj tsawg."

'Piggly Wiggly los rau kuv'

Lub khw tsis nqa cov khoom noj uas ua tiav lossis cov kaus poom. Tussler tau hais tias qhov no txhawb kom tib neeg noj qab haus huv thaum ntau zaus lawv tsis tuaj yeem ua li ntawd.

Tussler tau hais tias "Lawv siv lawv cov peev txheej FoodShare txwv tsis pub mus rau hauv lub nkoj (kev ua lag luam txawb) thiab tau txais tag nrho cov khoom noj tshiab uas tsim zaub mov ntau dua li cov khoom noj," Tussler tau hais.

Johnson tau hais tias lub tswv yim ua haujlwm, pab cov neeg siv khoom ntshav siab thiab ntshav qab zib xaiv kev noj qab haus huv.

Johnson tau hais tias "Lawv tau txais cov khoom zoo," Johnson hais. “Thiab koj paub, qhov no yooj yim dua rau kuv, yog li kuv yuav tsis tau mus tom khw vim lawv tuaj rau kuv. Yog, Piggly Wiggly los rau kuv. "

Cornelius Sawyer, tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm Highland Garden, tau hais ntxiv rau kev lag luam txawb, cov neeg nyob hauv ntau dua 60 tuaj yeem tuaj tos "Stockbox,” ntim nrog cov zaub mov noj qab haus huv suav nrog mov, nplej zom thiab zaub uas Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev tshaib nqhis muab rau cov neeg laus cov nyiaj tau los tsawg dawb.

Lois Brown, 68, yog pab nrog nws cov khoom noj khoom haus los ntawm Rick Lewandowski, Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Cov Kev Pabcuam Laus ntawm Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev tshaib nqhis, tom qab kev yuav khoom ntawm Mobile Market thaum Lub Peb Hlis 16, 2022. Lub khw muag khoom ntawm lub log ua haujlwm rau thaj chaw hauv cov zaub mov deserts, nres ntawm cov chaw hauv zej zog, cov tsev laus nyob, cov tsev nyob rau pej xeem thiab cov tsev kawm ntawv hauv Milwaukee County. (Coburn Dukehart / Wisconsin Saib)

Nyob nruab nrab ntawm lub Stockboxes thiab lwm yam khoom muaj nyob rau ntawm lub lag luam txawb, 68-xyoo-laus tus neeg yuav khoom Lois Brown tau hais tias cov kev pabcuam yog "ib qho koob hmoov rau txhua txoj hauv kev" rau cov neeg nyob hauv Highland Garden Apartments, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog cov neeg nyob hauv tsev.

Brown hais tias "Kuv feem ntau tuaj tawm txhua lub hlis," "Los nag, lub caij ntuj no, ci los yog daus."

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Tab sis nqa cov khoom noj rau cov neeg yuav khoom los ntawm tus nqi siab.

Cov lag luam tsis muaj txiaj ntsig hauv xov tooj yuav xav tau nyiaj txiag sab nraud los ntawm cov neeg txhawb nqa lossis nyiaj pab - uas tuaj yeem ua neej nyob luv luv, cuam tshuam rau kev ua haujlwm ruaj khov. Khoom noj khoom haus kuj nquag muag ntawm tus nqi txo, thaum kawg ua mob rau lub lag luam mobile 'kab hauv qab, raws li Zepeda's 2016 txoj kev tshawb no. Thiab txawm tias thaum zaub mov muag ntawm tus nqi muag khoom, feem ntau tsis them cov nqi, Zepeda tau hais.

Ralph Malicki, tus tswv ntawm Malicki's Piggly Wiggly hauv Racine tau hais tias "tag nrho, yog tias kuv yuav tsum muab tus cwj mem thiab ntawv rau nws, nws zoo nkauj heev txawm tias tsis muaj qhov tsis zoo," hais tias Ralph Malicki, tus tswv ntawm Malicki's Piggly Wiggly hauv Racine, uas koom tes nrog Hunger Task Force khiav. kev lag luam mobile.

Piggly Wiggly khaws cov khoom lag luam nrog cov khoom tshiab thiab cov khoom noj qab haus huv, thiab nrog kev pab los ntawm tsoomfwv cov nyiaj pab, tag nrho cov zaub mov raug muab ntawm ib nrab ntawm tus nqi muag khoom rau txhua tus neeg yuav khoom uas tuaj xyuas lub khw. Sherrie Tussler, tus thawj coj ntawm Hunger Task Force tus thawj coj, hais tias kev ua lag luam tsom mus rau kev txhawb nqa tib neeg kom noj qab haus huv - uas tuaj yeem nyuaj rau kev siv nyiaj tsawg. (Coburn Dukehart / Wisconsin Saib)

Zepeda kwv yees lub tsheb ib leeg nqi kwv yees li $ 150,000. Txawm hais tias lub tsheb pheej yig dua feem ntau yuav tsum tau hloov kho txij li $ 50,000 txog $ 75,000, nws hais. Lub Hunger Task Force kuj yuav tsum tau ntiav ib tus neeg tsav tsheb Class A semi-tsheb thauj mus los ua haujlwm lub tsheb, uas ntxiv rau tus nqi hnyav, raws li Lewandowski.

Zepeda tau hais tias "(kev lag luam txawb) muaj lawv qhov chaw, tab sis lawv tsis ua haujlwm rau tib neeg ntau," Zepeda tau hais. “Yog tias koj tab tom sim daws kev tshaib kev nqhis, kev lag luam txawb tsis yog lus teb. Lawv yog kev daws, tab sis lawv tsis yog lub kev daws. ”

Malicki paub qhov ntawd los ntawm kev paub ua ntej. Kev lag luam txawb nws ua haujlwm hauv thaj chaw Kenosha thiab Racine ua tsis tiav vim tias, "Peb tsis tuaj yeem muaj tsheb thauj mus los txaus rau cov tsheb thauj khoom. Peb tsis tuaj yeem tau txais kev txhawb nqa txaus los ua kom nws ua haujlwm. "

Kev nthuav dav hauv kev ua haujlwm?

Ob peb zaj lus qhia muaj txiaj ntsig tau tawm ntawm Hunger Task Force lub lag luam txawb. Raws li tsab ntawv ceeb toom Milwaukee Fresh Food Access, cov ntaub ntawv sau los ntawm kev lag luam txawb tuaj yeem siv los txiav txim qhov chaw muaj peev xwm rau cov khw muag khoom noj. Piv txwv li, Tussler tau hais tias thaum lub khw muag khoom txawb tau nyob rau ob lub lis piam sab nraum St. Joseph's Tsev Kho Mob hauv Milwaukee, nws pom tias tsis muaj cov neeg siv khoom txaus los txhawb lub khw muag khoom noj hauv cov suab puam ntawd.

Lois Brown, 68, khw muag khoom ntawm Hunger Task Force Mobile Market sab nraum Highland Garden cov tsev nyob hauv Milwaukee thaum Lub Peb Hlis 16, 2022. Tus neeg nyob hauv Highland Gardens hais tias Mobile Market ua rau kev yuav khoom yooj yim dua, vim nws tsis muaj txoj hauv kev tau txais. mus rau lub khw muag khoom noj tsis tu ncua. (Coburn Dukehart / Wisconsin Saib)

Tussler tau hais tias Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev tshaib nqhis tab tom ua haujlwm nrog me me cib-thiab-mortar chains los muab tib yam 50% kev cog lus muab los ntawm kev lag luam txawb los txhawb kev tsim khoom. Txog tam sim no, lub koom haum tsis muaj txiaj ntsig tau koom tes nrog Chequamegon Food Co-Op hauv Ashland thiab Outpost Natural Food Cooperative hauv Milwaukee los muab cov khoom lag luam ib nrab ntawm cov nyiaj cheb.

Malicki thiab Tussler hais tias lawv tau cog lus tias yuav txuas ntxiv kev lag luam txawb hauv Milwaukee, uas tau muaj zog rau tsib xyoos. Thiab rov qhib lub trailer hauv Kenosha thiab Racine tsis yog tawm ntawm daim duab, Malicki tau hais.

Malicki tau hais tias "Yog tias peb tuaj yeem ua qhov no ua tiav ntawm no, nws yuav yog tus qauv thoob plaws tebchaws uas tuaj yeem siv rau hauv ntau qhov chaw noj mov hauv ntau thaj chaw uas tsis muaj kev noj qab haus huv ntau los tsim ib qho chaw cib thiab mortar," Malicki tau hais. “Yuav ua ib feem ntawm tej yam zoo li ntawd yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg. Yog tias peb tuaj yeem teeb tsa qhov chaw uas nws tuaj yeem muab luam tawm hauv lwm thaj chaw ntawm lub tebchaws, qhov ntawd yuav zoo heev. "

Thaum lub lag luam txawb tsis yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws lossis ruaj khov kho rau cov khoom noj khoom haus, Johnson tsis muaj kev tsis txaus siab - thiab ob lub tswv yim. Nws xav pom ntau yam khoom noj, thiab "Peb tsuas yog xav kom lawv tuaj ob zaug hauv ib hlis."

Tus kws sau xov xwm Erin Gretzinger tau pab txhawb rau tsab ntawv ceeb toom no. Lub nonprofit Wisconsin Saib koom tes nrog WPR, PBS Wisconsin, lwm cov xov xwm tshaj tawm thiab University of Wisconsin-Madison Tsev Kawm Ntawv Xov Xwm thiab Kev Sib Txuas Lus. Txhua yam haujlwm tau tsim, tshaj tawm, tshaj tawm lossis tshaj tawm los ntawm Wisconsin Watch tsis tas yuav cuam tshuam cov kev xav lossis kev xav ntawm UW-Madison lossis ib qho ntawm cov koom tes.