In this installment of the "Food Voices" series, we hear from Ben Burkett, a southern farmer looking for alternative markets to sell his crops.

I arrived in Jackson, MS, on Tuesday from New York City, to join Live Real's Food and Freedom Ride. I was headed to Shelby, a small town in the Delta about three hours northwest of Jackson, where the group was going to be running a workshop on the Food and Farm Bill at the community center, organized by WhyHunger partners

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 resources 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

“Change comes one person at a time,” says Kyoka Akers, one of the first Live Real Real Food Fellows. Kyoka, 27, is, in every sense, trying to “live real," and inspire her Bessemer, Alabama, community to do the same. Kyoka is preparing to embark on the 2011 Food and Freedom Rides tomorrow, with other young leaders who feel the same

FV: Organized, United and Strong