WhyHunger is excited to be participating in the upcoming World Social Forum (WSF) in Montreal, where tens of thousands of people from groups in civil
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Q & A with Raul Amorim: What is Agrarian Reform and Why is It Important?
Calondra McArthur
I had the pleasure of sitting down with 2016 WhyHunger Chapin Awards honoree Raul Amorim, a representative for our social movement partner Brazil’s Landless Workers
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It’s True. Pesticides Are Harming Our Children.
Calondra McArthur
Written by Kristin Schafer. Reposted with permission. This article was originally featured in the Pesticide Action Network’s GroundTruth blog. The science is in. Our food
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A Lesson in Hope: Q & A with Norah Mlondobozi
Calondra McArthur
I had the pleasure of getting to know Norah Mlondobozi when she visited the WhyHunger office and we became roommates as we participated in the
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Towards a “Peoples” Agroecology
Blain Snipstal
This is the first article of the series “People’s Agroecology,” written by Blain Snipstal, a returning generation farmer part of the Black Dirt Farm Collective
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Agricultural Apartheid Is Alive and Well in South Africa: 14 Million People are Hungry
Bill Ayres
This post first appeared in The Huffington Post. 1994 was an historic year in South Africa, the beginning of the dismantling of political Apartheid. The
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Supporting Movements
WhyHunger
Real transformations in society take place when individuals and groups, especially those who have the most at stake, build power together as they work towards
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Mali Hosts the International Forum on Agroecology
Saulo Araujo
Earlier this year, the National Coordination of Peasant Organizations (CNOP) – Mali hosted 300 delegates for the International Forum on Agroecology in Nyeleni. WhyHunger was
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Join Us in Celebrating the International Day of Peasant Struggle
Calondra McArthur
You are invited to join WhyHunger, The Point and the NYC Community Garden Coalition (NYC CGC) for our event on Friday, April 17th from 5:30-7:00pm to
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WhyHunger Launches New Agroecology Publication
Calondra McArthur
WhyHunger is proud to release its first agroecology publication, “Agroecology: Putting Food Sovereignty into Action.” Agroecology is an agricultural method based on the traditional knowledge
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