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19-01-2012
We Are All Farmer Brown! (Update)
We received this updated action alert from our friends at Food for Maine’s Future. As we reported a few months ago on this Blog, Dan Brown, a family farmer in Blue Hill, Maine, is being sued for doing what family farmers have been doing for generations: selling food to friends and neighbors. The cow's milk that Farmer Brown and his
18-01-2012
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18-01-2012
2012 Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Awards Announced
We are very excited to announce our 2012 Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Awards Winners! Since 1985, WhyHunger and the Harry Chapin Foundation have been working together to identify and champion community-based organizations working to fight hunger and poverty. Click the name of each winner or scroll down below for more information about each winner.  The 2012 Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Award grantees
17-01-2012
The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) trains farmers, creates jobs, heals communities in New Mexico
Re-posted with corrections:  This article was originally posted in December 2011.  Changes were made to reflect that the AFSC in New Mexico provides training to beginning farmers --- not the Agri-Cultura Network as previously reported. Fidel introduced himself as a musician and traveling Aztec dancer to our crowd of 30+ participants at the USDA-sponsored Community Food Projects (CFP) grantees meeting
17-01-2012
WhyHunger Announces the 2012 Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Awards Announced
Five Organizations Receive National Award for Impact on Food Movement & Fight Against Hunger
17-01-2012
2011 Year End Recap
Thanks to the support of the Artist Against Hunger & Poverty family in 2011 we gained a lot of momentum to kick off the new year and, with hunger on the rise, renewed reason to continue our fight
15-01-2012
Nuestras Raices: Growing New Farmers and Opportunities
Written by Christine Bell, WhyHunger Intern This post is part of WhyHunger’s peer mentor profile series for the “Community Learning Project for Food Justice” (CLP).  Each week through April 2012, we’ll highlight a new CLP peer mentor and their contribution to creating a national learning/teaching community to support the growth and expansion of the food justice movement. Nuestras Raices, which
10-01-2012
Download Blurred Vision’s Song “Dear John” & Support Why
AAH&P artist Blurred Vision is contributing to the "Imagine There's No Hunger" Campaign with their song, “Dear John”, a tribute to John Lennon.  All proceeds from the download
10-01-2012
Rooted in Community Network
RIC is a movement of culture builders, urban farmers, artists, cooks, educators, and agents of empowerment.
10-01-2012

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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