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USDA Food Access Map
04-09-2014
USDA – Food Environment Map
04-09-2014
Market Makeovers
04-09-2014
The Eat Good, Feel Good Program Guide to Creating Healthier Corner Stores
This toolkit from the Community Food Lab guides individuals and organizations to start healthy corner stores in their communities.
04-09-2014
Equitable Development Toolkit: Access to Healthy Food
This four-part toolkit from PolicyLink provides resources for low-income communities to increase access to healthy, affordable food.
04-09-2014
USDA Economic Research Service Interactive Research Maps
Explore visual data on community proximity to grocery stores, income levels, food prices, sales tax, and other socioeconomic factors of food access.
04-09-2014
Organizations: Food Deserts
Research institutions, nonprofits and programs that work to build equitable food systems in food desert regions in the Unites States.
04-09-2014
Market Makeovers: Greening the Food Desert
An extensive online toolkit walks readers through the process of bringing healthier food choices to small corner stores.
04-09-2014
Links & Resources: Food Deserts
A collection of reports and multimedia that discuss food access, community health and policy.
04-09-2014
Introduction: Food Deserts
Food deserts - or food apartheid, as some frame this issue - have profound effects on the health and economic activity of a community.
04-09-2014

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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