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Through just a simple image or a few words, art has the power to change minds and create deeper understanding. The Book “When We Fight, We Win” features art from the most prominent social movements of the 21st century, including CIW’s Campaign For Fair Food and the Climate Justice Movement. In the words of author Greg Jobin-Leeds, “Storytelling is a
22-06-2018
On Monday, June 18 over 300 guests gathered at the Hope to End Hunger event at PHD at Dream Downtown in New York City. The evening was centered on celebrating WhyHunger’s work and honoring ONEHOPE, a wine company dedicated to producing quality products to create social impact, including campaigns that work to end hunger and help children around the world.
20-06-2018
To honor and celebrate Father’s Day we profiled a couple of our friends and allies in the food justice movement, who also happen to be awesome dads! Robert Ojeda, of the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona, and Michael Hurwitz of GrowNYC’s Greenmarket Program. We asked them about how being a father has influenced their approach to working within food
13-06-2018
Protein Powerhouse Partners With WhyHunger and Celebrity Chefs to Close the Nutrition Gap Orgain, one of the nation’s fastest growing organic protein and nutrition companies, and WhyHunger, have partnered on a nationwide #ShakeHunger campaign to help close the nutrition gap in the United States and work on long-term solutions to hunger. Together with some of the food world’s most notable
07-06-2018
Warm weather is here and while it’s nice to look forward to picnics and barbeques, the unsettling fact is, that summer is the hungriest time of year for children. It makes sense. A reported daily average of 30 million kids in the U.S. rely on free or reduced-price school meals to get the nutrition they need, so when school is
05-06-2018
We know that women are disproportionally affected by hunger around the globe and that mothers are often the ones on the frontlines leading the resistance and creating local solutions to hunger and its root causes. To recognize and honor Mother’s Day we’re highlighting a few awesome moms we know through our work in the food justice movement that are making
10-05-2018
At the Rural Legal Centre’s office in the Nkqubela Township, outside of Robertson, Western Cape, our group of delegates listened in silence to the migrant farmworkers who had joined us for lunch. They told us how they had recently been injured on the job and were unable to work. They shared how the dangerous and exploitative conditions farmworkers like them
08-05-2018
A delegation of seven African American, Latinx, and Mexican farmers and farmworkers from the US, including WhyHunger’s own Corbin Laedlein, traveled to Johannesburg, South Africa to participate in the second South Africa-US Agroecology Exchange co-organized by members of the US Food Sovereignty Alliance. This is the first in an article series by participants, co-produced by WhyHunger and Community Alliance for Global Justice. This refection was
19-04-2018
Let’s cut to the chase. The social contract between our government and its people is hanging on by a thread. If the recent draft Farm Bill presented in the House of Representatives, which would dramatically increase food insecurity, harm working families and slash support for small scale and organic farmers, is any indication of the strength of that last thread
17-04-2018
A delegation of seven African American, Latinx, and Mexican farmers and farmworkers from the US, including WhyHunger’s own Corbin Laedlein, traveled to Johannesburg, South Africa to participate in the second South Africa-US Agroecology Exchange co-organized by members of the US Food Sovereignty Alliance. This is the first in an article series by participants, co-produced by WhyHunger and Community Alliance for Global Justice. This refection was
03-04-2018
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
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