According to Michael Pollan, “The Food Sovereignty Prize has emerged as an important alternative to the World Food Prize. Its recognition of people working to
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Community Food Projects Grantee Spotlight: Tohono O’odham Community Action
Siena Chrisman
This spotlight is a feature in a series of the USDA Community Food Project Competitive Grant Program (CFP). Grantees are doing some of the most innovative and collaborative projects
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Is Junk Food What We Really Crave?
Siena Chrisman
Our friends at Food MythBusters and Corporate Accountability International released their latest video yesterday, examining the myth of choice. The film exposes the fast-food industry's
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Snapshots from the Field: Salvaging Food in the Desert Border Region
Siena Chrisman
Three of us from WhyHunger traveled to Tucson, Arizona, for the Closing the Hunger Gap conference last week, hosted by Community Food Bank of Southern
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What Does “Grassroots Support” Look Like?
Siena Chrisman
As a grassroots support organization, WhyHunger’s mission is to work with community-based organizations and leaders across the US and internationally to multiply resources, share stories
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Community Food Project Grantee Spotlight: Mandela Marketplace
Siena Chrisman
This spotlight is a feature in a series of the USDA Community Food Project Competitive Grant Program (CFP). Grantees are doing some of the most innovative and collaborative projects
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Happy End of Summer!
Siena Chrisman
With Labor Day weekend already upon us, we're all starting to feel the summer winding down. We got an email today from our partner and
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2013 Food Sovereignty Prize Honorees Announced
Siena Chrisman
WhyHunger is proud to join the US Food Sovereignty Alliance in congratulating the honorees of the 2013 Food Sovereignty Prize! Winner: Group of 4, Dessalines
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Fighting for Dignity: Farmworkers Strike in Washington State
Siena Chrisman
All farmworker family photos by Star Angelina Murray. This post originally appeared on Care2. Over 200 immigrant farmworkers have been on strike for almost a
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Food for Body, Food for Thought, Food for Justice: People’s Grocery in Oakland, California
Siena Chrisman
Harvesting Justice is a project of Other Worlds, created for the US Food Sovereignty Alliance and telling the stories of people changing their food systems
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