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Massachusetts Avenue Project, Buffalo NY
The Massachusetts Avenue Project (MAP) and Growing Green Program are changing the food system and the lives of youth in Buffalo and Western New York.  Growing Green, our youth development and urban agriculture program, employs about 50 teens each year to create solutions to food injustice and the lack of access to healthy food in our communities.  Youth in the
10-01-2012
East New York Farms!, Brooklyn, NY
"I had thought of work as miserable and unbearable
10-01-2012
Lots to Gardens, Lewiston ME
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10-01-2012
Action Alert: We Are All Farmer Brown!
WhyHunger partner Food For Maine's Future Needs You To Join Their Call For Maine Governor LePage To Drop The Lawsuit Against Farmer Dan Brown Very Soon
09-01-2012
The Pedal Co-op: Philadelphia’s Neighborhood Bicycle Delivery Service
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. Members of Philadelphia’s Pedal Co-op
03-01-2012
Community Learning Project: Growing Soil, Building Community
At the corner of 47th and Kingsessing Ave. in West Philadelphia there’s a sizable vacant lot.  Lush and green with what appears to be random patches of tomato plants and squash running wild (and still laden with fruit in mid-October), it is one of 40,000 vacant lots now scattered throughout the city.  What some residents see as an eye sore
27-12-2011
Stories from the National Hunger Hotline: Helping Those Who Serve
The National Hunger Hotline (NHH), a service of WhyHunger’s National Hunger Clearinghouse, provides real-time referrals for people in need across the U.S. to emergency food and assistance programs. Receiving an average of 700 calls per month, the NHH is a portal to information, assistance, and resources, ultimately empowering families and individuals to meet their vital needs including fresh, healthy food.
22-12-2011
Corporate Power, Movement Building, and the 2012 Food and Farm Bill
I had the opportunity to run a workshop at November's Community Food Security Coalition conference on "Corporate Power, Movement Building, and the 2012 Food and Farm Bill." The focus of the workshop was intended to be a discussion of how to address corporate consolidation of the food system through the food and farm bill. Trouble was, at that point, it
20-12-2011
Franchesca Arevalos
Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona
20-12-2011
Good Food for Our Children: Good Common Sense
Nutritional scientists have been saying for many years that good nutrition aids good cognition.  Teachers translate that to mean that children learn and behave better if they have a good breakfast and lunch.  This is no secret.  It is just good common sense. Years ago families had to pay for books and children had to walk miles to school in
16-12-2011

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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