The year 2020 and the COVID-19 crisis have left communities around the world with a host of challenges ranging
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Freedom From Want: Advocating for the Right to Food in the United States
Alison Cohen
By Alison Cohen, WhyHunger, and Denisse Córdova Montes, University of Miami Human Rights Clinic The right to adequate food and nutrition is both a
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The ROOT Report: Education Is the Fruit of Life: Building Food Sovereignty in Nicaragua
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For more than forty years, Nicaragua’s Association of Rural Workers—Asociación de Trabajadores del Campo (The ATC) — has been working
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The ROOT Report: Good Bones: Building the Infrastructure of a Just Food System
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For more than 6 years, Earth-Bound Building has created functional, durable, and affordable homes and farm infrastructure for rural landowners
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The ROOT Report: From Soil to Sanctuary: Building Black Food Sovereignty
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What started as a 1,500 square foot lawn in front of Pleasant Hope Baptist Church in Baltimore, Maryland now annually
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Repairing a Broken Food System in the Wake of the Pandemic: Could a Right to Food Framework Be the Way Forward?
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By Romy Felsen-Parsons The rapid spread of the coronavirus pandemic has caused the number of people living in conditions of food insecurity to skyrocket,
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Internationalism is Key in Amplifying Social Movements and Reshaping the Global Food System
Alex Roth
Over the last half century, small farmers and fisher people across the world have increasingly been dispossessed of their land and denied resources while multinational
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The ROOT Report: COVID-19: Farmworkers Protect Farmworkers
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WhyHunger has been in touch with our partners across the country and the globe to understand how the COVID-19 pandemic
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What does Juneteenth Mean For Black Farmers in 2020?
Colin Lawton
June 19, 1865 marked the official end of slavery after Union soldiers finally made their way to Galveston, Texas to deliver the news the war
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Youth Organization Today is the Future of Social Movements
Alex Roth
Across the U.S. and around the world, youth organizing continues to be an integral part of creating meaningful social change. WhyHunger is committed to working
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