By Alison Cohen, WhyHunger’s Senior Director of Programs. Maine is the first state to pass local ordinances in favor of food sovereignty, or the right of communities to determine how their food is grown, processed and distributed. In May, WhyHunger staff stood in solidarity with small farmers as they held a press conference in Portland, Maine, on the day of an

Back in March we shared reflections from the team at Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard (Bloomington, Indiana) after a site visit to their Nourishing Connections partners Neighbors Together (New York, NY) in Brooklyn, NY. This month, we are checking in with the community learning pair after Neighbors Together’s site visit to Indiana. Read Neighbors Together’s reflections from Denny Marsh and Amy Blumsack

This is a guest post from Dan Susman, Director/Producer of the documentary film Growing Cities. Many of WhyHunger’s partners, including Karen Washington, Malik Yakini, Growing Home, and Added Value, are featured in the film. We’ve all heard about the problems in agriculture, from GMOs and CAFOs to aging farmers and dead zones in Gulf of Mexico. But, what all these

Farm-to-institution programs create partnerships between local farmers and communities via schools, public institutions, restaurants and businesses. Farmers benefit from increased business; the community benefits from the dollars kept in the region; and the eaters -- be they schoolchildren or hospital patients in particular need of a healthy diet -- benefit from the nutrients of local produce. Here are some articles