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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
22-11-2013
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,
20-11-2013
17-11-2013
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
12-11-2013
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.
January 17, 2020
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.
January 6, 2020
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.
December 5, 2019
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.
October 30, 2019
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.
January 16, 2020
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.
July 8, 2019
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.
April 12, 2018
Agroecology
WhyHunger is proud to release its first agroecology publication, “Agroecology: Putting Food Sovereignty into Action.” Agroecology is an agricultural method… Read more.
April 12, 2018



