Small State, Big Hunger: School Breakfast in Rhode Island
When the Rhode Island Community Food Bank surveyed their clients, they were surprised to learn that 44%…
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School Breakfast on the Border: Update from El Paso, Texas
El Paso is geographically isolated in Far West Texas, but the community is tightly knit….
Hunger Is Spotlight Island Innovation: School Breakfast Participation in Hawaii
“You pay a price for living in paradise,” says Gavin Thornton, co-executive director of the Hawai’i…
Backpack Programs Provide Extra Help for Families in Idaho
Idaho Foodbank provides 63,000 food backpacks annually and over 46,000 summer meals for kids within…
New Allies Help Summer Meal Programs in California
When Patrice Chamberlain met with local police chiefs to explain why they should care about…
Food is a Right, Not an Act of Charity
WhyHunger’s Director of the Nourish Network for the Right to Food, Jessica Powers, gave the…
Webinar: How Can the Right to Food Inform Emergency Food in the US?
WhyHunger is pleased to announce a new webinar on the Right to Food and how…
Surplus and Suffering: Book Review of “First World Hunger Revisited”
First World Hunger Revisited: Food Charity or the Right to Food? examines the failure of…
WhyHunger News: Nourish Network for the Right to Food
WhyHunger believes that nutritious food is a human right, protecting the right for all people to live…
A Brief History of the Emergency Food System
In April, I had the pleasure of attending the California Association of Food Banks conference…