9 strategies to find free or low-cost food when money is tight
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When Kevin Curry graduated from Harvard Business School during the global recession in 2008, he couldn't find work. So he went to sign up for SNAP, or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, to make ends meet.
"I was embarrassed," he says. "But the caseworker looked at my Harvard fleece and said, 'Don't be ashamed. This is a bridge from where you are to where you're going."
Her comment changed his entire perspective on food assistance, he says.
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