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Our Approach

WhyHunger supports communities in taking control of their own food systems and ending hunger.

Enrich Communities

We provide funding, training, and other resources to grassroots organizations and social movements across the United States and 23 countries, championing local control of food access from seed to market to plate.

Nourish People

We connect people to food where they are, when they need it.

Build Power

We build global solidarity through advocacy, shared learning, and power-building.

News & Upcoming Events

Highlights


91%

goes directly to
program work.

91% OF OUR DONATIONS GOES DIRECTLY TO OUR PROGRAMS

BLOGS

L is for Land Defenders

 L is for Land defenders At WhyHunger, we know that land and the people that own, farm, and work it, are at the center of the movement towards food sovereignty. Land rights are what drive a community to control their own food systems and protect themselves against environmental degradation, industrial […]

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Haiti: A Nation on the Brink – A Call for Understanding and Action

Haiti: A Nation on the Brink – A Call for Understanding and Action By Kristina Erskine For decades, Haiti’s development has been suffocated by a vicious cycle of foreign intervention, chronic political instability, and natural disasters. Scars from the 2010 and 2021 earthquakes are still fresh, and now the assassination […]

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WhyHunger Elects Two New Members to its Board of Directors

United Talent Agency’s Melissa Newhart and Philanthropist Jimmy Zankel join WhyHunger’s Board of Directors to address the root causes of hunger and ensure the human right to nutritious food NEW YORK CITY (April 16, 2024) — WhyHunger, a non-profit working to end world hunger and the injustices that cause it, […]

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