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Webinar: How Can the Right to Food Inform Emergency Food in the US?
WhyHunger is pleased to announce a new webinar on the Right to Food and how the human rights framework can inform emergency food in the US. We will discuss: how WhyHunger engages around the Right to Food, ensuring emergency food is provided with dignity, and the Right to Food framework and how it can inspire action. Speakers include Nadia Lambek,
23-02-2015
Youth Food Justice Zine: Now Accepting Content Submissions!
We are gearing up for a dynamic new addition to our Food Justice Voices series, the Youth Food Justice Zine and need your help! The Youth Food Justice Zine, now accepting submissions, will lift up the voices of youth food justice activists and look at the different narratives about youth power that have impacted multiple generations in the U.S. We
20-02-2015
Surplus and Suffering: Book Review of “First World Hunger Revisited”
First World Hunger Revisited: Food Charity or the Right to Food? examines the failure of neoliberal economic policy and globalization to adequately address hunger amidst wealth. The first edition was published in 1997, and this new, expanded second edition demonstrates that current economic policies continue to be root causes of hunger. The book is a collection of essays edited by
16-02-2015
Black Farmers and Urban Gardeners Conference Accepting RFPs for 2015
In October 2014, several staff from WhyHunger attended the fourth annual Black Farmers and Urban Gardeners (BUGs) Conference. The conference strengthens networks and inspires new ideas among people working across disciplines to address the food-related issues that contribute to inequities in health, wealth and justice in black communities. Traditionally led by the founding group Black Urban Growers in New York
13-02-2015
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12-02-2015
Cofounder and Executive Director Bill Ayres Reflects on 40 years
In 2015, we are celebrating WhyHunger's 40th anniversary with a website that takes you back to our roots, explores our history and impact and looks forward to the future. Nourishing Tomorrow celebrates forty years of change and builds a legacy for the future of WhyHunger. Today, WhyHunger cofounder and executive director Bill Ayres reflects on the past forty years and looks forward to the
10-02-2015
Voting is Open for Real Food Media Contest Finalists
Last week, we shared three videos from the 2014 Real Food Media Contest to highlight the value of storytelling in food and farming. This week, the 2015 Finalists were announced, and we’re excited to watch all ten of these short films! Films range from 30 seconds to four minutes in length, and each one reveals a different story about the
06-02-2015
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05-02-2015
Website Survey
We need your help! We are revamping the WhyHunger website to make it more user-friendly and engaging for all who seek to learn about WhyHunger and our work in the food justice movement. Please take this quick survey to give us insight into how you use the website and what we can do better. Thank you, we appreciate your input!
05-02-2015
Five Ways to Fight Hunger in 2015
WhyHunger staff recently came together to discuss ways we'd like to see the food justice movement advance in 2015 to increase food security and equality.  Below are a few actions that anyone can take to help address root causes of hunger and move towards change. 1. Volunteer in February (or May) Many people like to volunteer on Thanksgiving or during the
04-02-2015

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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