Fridges for All
By Maria Yagoda | FoodAndWine.Com Troy Warren for CNT Community Fridges have become vital sources of fresh, easily accessible foods in cities around the country. The COVID-19 pandemic has almost doubled the number of food-insecure Americans, with Feeding America estimating 50 million people lacked sufficient access to food by the end of 2020. As the public health crisis, in part spurred by mass job loss, continues to deepen, one grassroots solution is popping up on sidewalks all around the country: the community fridge. A mutual aid initiative aimed at keeping people fed, the free-standing fridges are open 24/7 for people…