Survey: 30 percent of MSU students face food insecurity

BOZEMAN — A class of Montana State University students is proposing the university start a free food bank on campus to help feed hungry college students.

The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports that a sustainable foods capstone class has created a business plan for a proposed “Bobcat Pantry.”

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Faculty members went before the Associated Students of MSU Senate on Thursday seeking a resolution of support for the pantry, which passed unanimously.

A 2013 survey of nearly 300 MSU students found that 30 percent experienced “food insecurity,” meaning that they went without food at least one to three times a month.

Similar pantries have opened at Georgia State, Michigan State and North Carolina State University.