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November was our month for campaign launches! We kicked off the month launching our "Imainge There's No Hunger" campaign; this time in BALI! Tied with the message behind our campaign we are proud laun
We are pleased to support our friends at the Food Chain Workers Alliance, in launching the second annual International Food Workers Week, November 24-30, 2013! This Thanksgiving week, take action to thank the 20 million food workers who make it possible for us to eat each day! Here's how you can support food workers this Thanksgiving season: Change your Facebook
At Salvation Farms in Vermont, Executive Director Theresa Snow, a long-time colleague and co-author of our forthcoming publication Beyond Bread: Healthy Food Sourcing in Emergency Food Programs, is helping to pilot an unusual collaboration between a prison work camp and local farms in order to get more fresh food to people in need. Theresa sent along the story this week,
Learn more about how federal, state, and local policy and community advocacy can support farmers' markets.
Farmers' markets are exploding in popularity all around the country
Even as one in six Americans is food insecure, diet-related illness are skyrocketing. Today's kids are expected to be the first generation to have a shorter lifespan than their parents, and preventable diet-related disease is fast becoming the top source of healthcare spending. For the health of our economy, health care system, and the future of the nation, it's critical
Even as one in six Americans is food insecure, diet-related illness are skyrocketing. Today's kids are expected to be the first generation to have a shorter lifespan than their parents, and preventabl

Statement from WhyHunger on Lawsuit Against Trump Administration’s Plan to Cut Food Stamps

New York (January 17, 2020) – Alison Cohen, Senior Director of Programs at WhyHunger, issued the following statement regarding the lawsuit filed by 14 states, Washington, D.C. and New York Read more.
Hungerthon Campaign Raises $1 Million to End Hunger for Good

New York (January 6, 2020) —WhyHunger— a leader in the movement to end hunger and advance the human right to nutritious food in the U.S. and around the world—today announced Read more.
Statement from WhyHunger on the Unwarranted SNAP Requirements

Statement from WhyHunger on the Unwarranted SNAP Requirements New York (December 4, 2019) – Noreen Springstead, executive director of WhyHunger, issued the following statement regarding the tightening of work requirements Read more.
WhyHunger’s Hungerthon Campaign Aims to End Hunger

WhyHunger’s Hungerthon Campaign Aims to End Hunger – 34thannual awareness month and fundraising drive launches November 1 –   New York (October 30, 2019)—WhyHunger— a leader in the movement to Read more.


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Food Access Problems need Food Justice Solutions

Canadians have a right to food – sort of. In accordance with the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which the Canadian government ratified in 1976, everyone living Read more.
Solidarity, Education and Action! Comedores Sociales: An emerging movement in Puerto Rico

Before Hurricanes Irma and Maria struck in 2017, a large percentage of Puerto Ricans faced food insecurity on a daily basis. In fact, Puerto Ricans were 4 times more likely Read more.
L’agroécologie

L’agroécologie permet aux communautés de définir eux-mêmes leurs propres solutions pour produire des aliments sains et conserver les eaux et les sols.   Read more.
Agroecology

WhyHunger is proud to release its first agroecology publication, “Agroecology: Putting Food Sovereignty into Action.” Agroecology is an agricultural method… Read more.


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