UTEC Fights Food Insecurity

April 9, 2025

LOWELL — For more than 25 years, UTEC has been about transforming the lives of young adults. Now, through a pandemic-inspired program called Madd Love Meals, those young people are transforming the lives of others through an innovative new outreach program, the Breaking Barriers Kitchen food truck.

“Access to nutritious food is essential, yet too many of our neighbors are struggling,” Chief Social Enterprise Officer Ricardo Febles said. “We’re committed to filling this gap by delivering nutritious meals to those who need them most — no questions asked.”

In response to the federal funding cuts to area food assistance programs, the nonprofit is working to provide fresh, high-quality and culturally inspired meals to vulnerable residents throughout the Merrimack Valley with both its emergency food assistance program and the food truck.