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April 15, 2022

Our Mission Explained: Hunger is Solvable!

Over the last six weeks we’ve broken down our mission statement, unpacking the why? behind the words that guide our work. We hope you’re feeling inspired, optimistic, and full of conviction that a world without hunger really is possible. Because we’re right…

August 19, 2015

Contextual Analysis

WhyHunger’s Global Movements Program uses the practice of contextual analysis to sharpen our skills of analysis to work effectively with dynamic social movements for positive…

August 18, 2015

Storytelling Spotlight: Máximo Cangá Castillo, Farmer and Fisherman

This spotlight is a feature in a series of the USDA Community Food Project Competitive Grant Program (CFP) completed for WhyHunger’s digital storytelling website, Community Voices, that showcases grassroots organizations and…

August 11, 2015

WhyHunger Farmer Profiles: Molly and John Breslin

This is the 2nd profile in a 3-part series. Story and photos by Siena Chrisman. To reach Breslin Farms, you drive through what feels like a sea of…

August 7, 2015

La Finca Del Sur: Gardening for Social Justice in the South Bronx

On a triangle of land in the South Bronx, gardeners at the urban farm La Finca Del Sur are growing strawberries through the concrete. The farm…

August 4, 2015

Storytelling Spotlight: Ecology Center + Farm Fresh Choice

July 27, 2015

Youth Zine: Adult Ally Checklist

Last week, as part of the Food Justice Voices Series, WhyHunger published the first ever Youth Food Justice Zine, which was created by 18 young authors and…

July 24, 2015

DISPATCH: HUNGER

What do you do when your favorite band is only playing once in the United States this year? You go to the show! WhyHunger staff…

July 20, 2015

Report Back on the Spanish Democratic Revolution

Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca (PAH). Photo credit: Robert Pluma In the Spanish municipal elections in May this year, a tide of social justice…

July 16, 2015

Jen Chapin on Harry’s Giving Circle

Harry and Jen Chapin As we celebrate the life and legacy of our co-founder Harry Chapin, WhyHunger is teaming up with his daughter Jen Chapin to…

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