National Hunger Clearinghouse staff visited the Hell’s Kitchen Rooftop Farm Project as part of an urban agriculture tour put on by the Partnership for a
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Sugaring in Somerville
Siena Chrisman
Most of us in the local food / food justice movement are familiar with urban agriculture -- and even with programs that glean fruit from
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Postcard from NC: Highlights from a Day of Service
Siena Chrisman
I'm serving as a FoodCorps mentor this year, which means that I'm getting to know the stellar Casey Hancock, who is spending her year teaching
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Liberia Charting a Course
Siena Chrisman
By Bee Vang, WhyHunger Policy Research Intern In mid-November of last year, a visitor from Liberia arrived at JFK airport with the intent of learning
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In Memory of Jerry Kaufman
Alison Cohen
Eighteen years ago, when urban agriculture was still considered an oxymoron -- even among those working on food security issues -- Jerry Kaufman was my
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Long Island Cares: How Community Partnerships Help During a Disaster
Suzanne Babb
Long Island Cares was founded in 1980 by Harry Chapin, co-founder of WhyHunger. As a resident of suburban Long Island, he recognized that although there
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Added Value Farm Cleans up after Sandy
Siena Chrisman
Red Hook Community Farm in Brooklyn, run by WhyHunger’s Imagine There’s No Hunger partner, Added Value, was submerged under two and half feet of water
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Food Sovereignty from Brooklyn, NY, to Lawrence, KS
Candice Comisi
Food sovereignty is the right of all people to determine their own food and agriculture policies – it is essentially the democratization of the food
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Homegrown Solutions to Hunger
Christine Binder
By Christine Binder, National Hunger Clearinghouse Outreach Coordinator “Pittsburgh is the biggest small city you’ll ever visit,” they told me. “If it works in Pittsburgh,
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Building a House for Tim the Hen
Lorrie Clevenger
Photos and story by Lorrie Clevenger, Capacity Building Coordinator Community School PS 211 in the Bronx, NYC, is preparing to receive a flock of chickens
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