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Wrecking Ball: Welcome to the Land of Hope and Dreams
In this piece, Bill Ayres reviews
19-03-2012
Snapshot from the Field: Las Milpitas Farm in Tucson Arizona
Shown in the photo above are some of the 40 individual family plots cultivated in Las Milpitas Farm in Tucson Arizona. On its inauguration celebration in January, which included press and remarks from the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona’s CEO Bill Carnegie, one of the gardeners spoke to the assembled crowd and proudly reported that because of the vegetables
16-03-2012
Beyond Grants: New Financial Tools for Small Food and Farm Businesses
Northeast Edition “Everyone is an investor in food,” said Derek Denckla during a workshop I attended this past February at the Just Food Conference in New York City.  Throughout the course of the workshop, I along with about 50 fellow participants were introduced to a trickling but steady stream of new investment channels cropping up all over New York City,
12-03-2012
Snapshot from the Field: Tohono O’odham Community Action’s Project Oidag
On a recent visit to the Tahono O'odham Nation in southeast Arizona, WhyHunger's Brooke Smith met up with Tohono O'odham Community Action's Project Oidag Coordinator, Amy Juan for a quick interview. "Farming's really not that hard. It's a family effort. It's a community effort. Once you have that community support it's easy and it's fun and it provides so many
09-03-2012
CIW enters day 4 of “Fast for Fair Food”
On Monday, March 5, the Coalition of Immokale Workers launched a 6-day fast in front of the Publix headquarters in Lakeland, FL.  50 farmworkers and hundreds of their allies from across the country are fasting (drinking only water)  in protest of Publix's refusal to sign a Fair Food Agreement.  Under the agreement, Publix would pay an extra penny per pound
08-03-2012
Streaming Live from the White House: #KYF2 Tweet Out
WhyHunger participated in yesterday’s “tweet out” (#KYF2) hosted by USDA’s Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food initiative and Deputy Agriculture Secretary Kathleen Merrigan during a White House live stream event to release the results of a 3-year project called “Compass.”  The Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food Compass is a comprehensive report with an accompanying interactive map cataloging USDA’s work
06-03-2012
Pedal Co-op
06-03-2012
Youth and the Food System
Watch these interactive slideshows to learn more about youth doing food justice work.
06-03-2012
RIC Youth Summit
06-03-2012
Elise Hayes
02-03-2012

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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