St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Cleveland's Detroit Shoreway neighborhood distributes fresh produce through the Greater Cleveland Food Bank’s Mobile Pantry Program, which served more than 4,000 families last year.

Vidorian Massingale, affectionately known as Chef Vi, is the executive chef for the church’s mobile pantry. Before this job, she was working in food service in schools, but wanted a career that could help people more directly.

“I love working here,” Massingale said. “Everybody is just so interesting. You never really know what people are really going through until you talk to them.”

Food insecurity in Cleveland

Food insecurity — the inability to get nutritious foods to meet one’s needs — is an issue in many Cleveland neighborhoods. According to the Greater Cleveland Food Bank,

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