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Food Policy Council: First Steps for Action
The Oakland Food Policy Council created the following list for food policy councils to organize and plan meaningful
17-12-2014
What a Food Policy Council Can Do
Food policy councils across the nation are making recommendations and changes to positively impact the food system. This section provides specific examples of what FPCs can do - from updating zoning laws to establishing food literacy campaigns.
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Funding a Food Policy Council: How to Get Started
Suggestions and examples on how to fund a food policy council.
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Links & Resources: Food Policy Councils
Read up on lessons learned and guides to cut through the red tape for local food policy change. Search reports or listen in to a webinar or podcast to get your gears turning.
17-12-2014
Introduction: Food Policy Councils
Food policy councils are emerging as a resource that brings together food activists, community members, urban planners, and local, municipal and state governments as partners in creating local food initiatives.
17-12-2014
WhyHunger’s Holiday Gift Guide
The holidays are a time for giving and giving back! At WhyHunger, we are always on the lookout for gifts with meaning and wanted to share some of our staff’s favorite finds this season. 1. Support the rights of farmworkers and go behind scenes of today’s agricultural system with "Food Chains,” a new documentary about the Coalition of Immokalee Workers
15-12-2014
Honoring the Right to Food on Human Rights Day 2014
By Alison Cohen, WhyHunger’s Senior Director of Programs. “Their courage [those whose rights were most egregiously violated] came not from faith in UN documents but from something experienced deep within themselves: the rights and dignity inherent in their very being and in the being of all. This is the real source of the power of human rights.” Larry Cox, co-director
10-12-2014
fslc – fisheries – voices world forum
09-12-2014
fslc – fisheries – voices nafso
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fslc – fisheries – voices nama
09-12-2014

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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