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Cooling the Planet with Sustainable Community Food Systems
Agriculture can cool the planet, promote food security and community sovereignty, and protect biodiversity with sustainable farming practices.
15-08-2013
The Climate Cost: Emissions Along the Food Chain
From seeds and soil to markets and manure, everything about how our food is grown, processed and distributed plays a role in emissions and climate change. How do we support practices that reverse the impact agriculture has on the climate crisis?
15-08-2013
Crowdfunding for Grassroots Organizations: An Overview
by James Fuller, National Hunger Clearinghouse intern In late 2010, Chase Adam was a young Peace Corps Volunteer in Costa Rica. While sitting in the back of a crowded bus traveling through the small town of Watsi, he noticed an old woman in tattered clothes making her way down the aisle. She held a plastic bag in one hand and
14-08-2013
2013 Food Sovereignty Prize Honorees Announced
WhyHunger is proud to join the US Food Sovereignty Alliance in congratulating the honorees of the 2013 Food Sovereignty Prize! Winner: Group of 4, Dessalines Brigade/Via Campesina, Haiti & South America Honorable Mentions: Basque Country Peasants’ Solidarity (EHNE), Basque Country Coordination of Peasant Organizations (CNOP), Mali Tamil Nadu Women’s Collective (TNWC), India In contrast to the World Food Prize this
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LYFE Kitchen and WhyHunger Join Forces to Nourish America
WhyHunger is excited to announce a new partnership with lifestyle restaurant and food brand LYFE Kitchen! We're teaming up with emergency food providers to connect folks across the country to nutritio
13-08-2013
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09-08-2013

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


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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.
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


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