How can people in the borderlands be healthy and empowered when their communities are under attack? This question is at the core of cesar lopez’s “Dignity, Hope, Wellness and Action: Against All Odds in the Sonoran Desert,” the first publication in WhyHunger’s Food Justice Voices series. This thought-provoking piece goes beyond the issues of hunger, addressing the border region’s wide

A firsthand account of community-led groups and individuals in the Sonoran desert borderlands who are building dignity through struggle from the ground up.

For years, WhyHunger has partnered with emergency food providers working towards healthy food sourcing.  After extensive research, one-on-one interviews and participating in the national conversation on the future of emergency food, we are excited to release Beyond Bread: Healthy Food Sourcing in Emergency Food Programs, a comprehensive new publication that provides examples and inspiration from emergency food providers across the

This spotlight is a feature in a series of the USDA Community Food Project Competitive Grant Program (CFP). Grantees are doing some of the most innovative and collaborative projects to change local and regional food systems. WhyHunger’s www. — also funded by a CFP grant — is profiling these organizations through dynamic stories and pictures, to give a real flavor of what the projects