Each spring, Urban Roots hires on 24 youth farm interns between the ages of 14-17 to work on their 3.5 acre urban sustainable farm located
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Stories from the National Hunger Hotline: Supporting Our Communities
India Rodgers
The National Hunger Hotline (NHH), a service of WhyHunger’s National Hunger Clearinghouse, provides real-time referrals for people in need across the U.S. to emergency food
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Snapshot from the Field: Las Milpitas Farm in Tucson Arizona
Lorrie Clevenger
Shown in the photo above are some of the 40 individual family plots cultivated in Las Milpitas Farm in Tucson Arizona. On its inauguration celebration
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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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School is Out, Free Meals are In
India Rodgers
Many children from low-income families depend on school for more than an education. For children who are living below the poverty line, schools also
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WhyHunger’s Jess Powers Volunteers with the Red Cross in Rainsville, AL
Lorrie Clevenger
Jessica Powers is the Director of WhyHunger's National Hunger Clearing House. A former disaster relief specialist with the American Red Cross, Jess was called in
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