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September 13, 2019

The ROOT Report: Fighting Food Waste in New Orleans and Across South Louisiana

According to the USDA, approximately 133 billion pounds of food—close to 40% of food in the United States—is wasted each year, while millions continue to go hungry. For one food bank in Louisiana, asking, ‘what would happen if nutritious food was…

March 20, 2012

TYLO: Developing a Barrio Culture of Food Justice

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…

March 19, 2012

Stories from the National Hunger Hotline: Supporting Our Communities

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…

March 19, 2012

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March 19, 2012

Bruce Springsteen at the Apollo

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March 19, 2012

Wrecking Ball: Welcome to the Land of Hope and Dreams

In this piece, Bill Ayres reviews

March 19, 2012

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March 16, 2012

Snapshot from the Field: Las Milpitas Farm in Tucson Arizona

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…

March 12, 2012

Beyond Grants: New Financial Tools for Small Food and Farm Businesses

Northeast Edition “Everyone is an investor in food,” said Derek Denckla during a workshop I attended this past February at the Just Food Conference in…

March 9, 2012

Snapshot from the Field: Tohono O’odham Community Action’s Project Oidag

On a recent visit to the Tahono O’odham Nation in southeast Arizona, WhyHunger’s Brooke Smith met up with Tohono O’odham Community Action’s Project Oidag Coordinator,…

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The ROOT Report: Fighting Food Waste in New Orleans and Across South Louisiana