Alison Cohen is WhyHunger's Senior Director of Programs. This post originally appeared on Care2. Sueli and her chickens, nearly ready to distribute to other families in her
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An Ally’s View of Immokalee
Alison Cohen
At five in the morning in Immokalee, Florida, the air is crisp, the sky is dark and the streets are humming. Roosters crow, bikes zip
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WhyHunger Board Member Marches on Monsanto, Showing Solidarity with Food Sovereignty Prize Honorees
Alison Cohen
WhyHunger is honored to be co-hosting the 5th annual Food Sovereignty Prize ceremony in New York City today! Organized, sponsored and awarded by the US
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Paradise Lost and Found on the Island of Ometepe
Alison Cohen
It’s the apex of the dry season on the Isla de Ometepe – an island of approximately 165 square miles which rises majestically out of
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In Memory of Jerry Kaufman
Alison Cohen
Eighteen years ago, when urban agriculture was still considered an oxymoron -- even among those working on food security issues -- Jerry Kaufman was my
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On the Road in Haiti: Climbing Mountains with the Peasant Movement of Papaye (MPP)
Alison Cohen
by Alison Cohen, Director of Programs Our caravan of jeeps – five in total, carrying 17 visitors including Hard Rock staff from around the world,
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TYLO: Developing a Barrio Culture of Food Justice
Alison Cohen
WhyHunger staff members Brooke Smith and Alison Cohen were in southern Arizona in February to work with the regional network called Somos la Semilla, formed
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Streaming Live from the White House: #KYF2 Tweet Out
Alison Cohen
WhyHunger participated in yesterday’s “tweet out” (#KYF2) hosted by USDA’s Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food initiative and Deputy Agriculture Secretary Kathleen Merrigan during a
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Las Milpitas: An urban farm in Tucson, AZ invests in community sustainability
Alison Cohen
Six months ago while working with the network Somos la Semilla in southern Arizona, I had the opportunity to visit an urban farm in the
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Food Stamps Working as Designed
Alison Cohen
In response to the editorial, “Food Stamp Nation,” published in the Wall Street Journal on January 20, 2012, WhyHunger’s Alison Cohen, Director of Programs, wrote
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