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Food or Fuel in Portland, Maine

From: Lauren Kirby
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Each Thursday the Preble Street Resource Center transforms its warehouse-sized soup kitchen into something resembling a ramshackle farmer's market. Read the full description.

Images-1_small Many Americans are utilizing food resources for the first time. 

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Many Americans are utilizing food resources for the first time. 

Broadcast History

aired 11/26/2008 on The National Radio Project's "Making Contact"